Health
Medical consultants want right to do private and public work
As the parties prepare to resume talks on the Sláintecare contract this week, the IHCA says its members are looking for ‘flexibility’
Medical consultants are seeking the right to do private work in the talks on the new Sláintecare public-only contract.
The government, however, has offered consultants a salary of up to €252,000 per year on condition that they work only for the HSE.
The talks on the new contract, which have been on and off over the past year, are due to resume this week under the independent chairmanship of Tom Mallon, a barrister.
Alan Irvine, the president of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association, told the Business Post that his members wanted the “flexibility” to do private work in the new public contract.
