One in six hospital consultant jobs unfilled

The HSE was unable to fill one in every six hospital consultant posts that were advertised last year, with some attracting no applicants at all.

The new figures lay bare the extent of the recruitment and retention crisis for hospital consultants.

The €1.7 billion National Children’s Hospital project is among those struggling to recruit senior medical staff.

It recently re-advertised for two paediatric radiology posts after failing to fill the posts last year. ...