IMO queries plan to make provision for more doctors contingent on services having improved productivity 

Despite overcrowding pressures frequently being linked to doctor shortages, a new control has now been placed on consultant recruitment by health minister Stephen Donnelly. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

Hospital consultants have questioned plans to make the provision of more doctors for services contingent on those services having improved productivity compared to 2019.

They say patients in under-staffed services will be further punished by the move.