UCC expands student access to hospital training to help tackle health staff crisis

Students on the MSc in Diagnostic Radiography at UCC can now access hospital training from Donegal to Waterford

Professor Mark McEntee with students of the MSc  in Diagnostic Radiography at UCC. Prof. McEntee said students can now have “the experience of working from Donegal, right the whole way down the west coast, and right over to Waterford”.

Radiography students at University College Cork can now access hospital training from Donegal to Waterford as part of efforts to tackle a staffing crisis.

An estimated 30% of radiation therapist roles are vacant nationally, according to trade union Siptu.