''The recruitment ban is leading to increasing working hours for NCHDs, Consultants being left with insufficient numbers of NCHDs on teams and significant contract breaches on working hours across the system'

Great to see ⁦Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project⁩ findings in the ⁦Sunday Independent⁩. To enable hospital doctors to protect their well-being and work life balance, working conditions need to improve #DrRetention

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DrMáireT Amazing article.➡️'Nobody ever seems to hit upon the bright idea that *happier workplaces retain employees*. . . Just ask the hundreds of Irish doctors in Australia enjoying treats like offices, places to rest when on call and days off' ⬅️

A short piece about Irish doctor emigration to Australia. This year 535 Irish doctors obtained Australian work visas (up from 410 last year). To promote #DrRetention and encourage doctors to return, there's a need to address long working hours and poor work life balance.

Great to see Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project findings cited in this piece

Latest paper from Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project led by Dr Jennifer Creese highlights the impact of poor voice culture on hospital doctors in Ireland journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #DrRetention

Really good interview with DrMáireT about the challenges of balancing medicine and medical training with family life. Flexible working should be available to all if we want to retain doctors #DrRetention #GPRetention rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Thrilled to have this piece on doctor-mangement communication challenges in Irish hospitals, using data from the Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project! Thanks to coauthors John-Paul Byrne Prof Edel Conway geroconnor Niamh Humphries. Cc SAPPHIRE research

Great to see ⁦Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project findings featured in this piece. So important that health system change is informed by feedback from frontline⁩ health workers who know firsthand how the system works (or doesn’t work) #DrRetention independent.ie/irish-news/bur…

The 'GP Retention Project' research team, Niamh Humphries and collaborators are hosting a #GPRetentionSymposium on 24th September 2024 in the Dublin Convention Centre. Please consider attending. 100896engagecms.campusnexus.cloud/gp-retention-s…

The GP Retention Project and the Irish College of GPs are hosting a symposium on *GP Retention* on 24.09.24. Featuring an excellent line up of speakers and panelists to discuss this important topic #DrRetention

‘Significantly understaffed’: Hiqa to conduct review into midwest care capacity after Aoife Johnston report irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…

“The report highlights the unacceptable staffing levels at the Emergency Department in UHL, and this is something that cannot be ignored. It is simply unconscionable that we continue to have a situation where lives are at risk due to inadequate staffing.”

Inviting GPs working in Ireland to participate in a new HRB-funded research project on GP Retention. More information here: doctorretention.eu #GPRetention #DrRetention

HSE focus now on finances rather than patient safety, says nurses’ organisation Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation . “Everybody who works in the system . . . want to work in a safe system,” irishtimes.com/health/2024/10…

Today Aus (Ahpra) announced a fast-track registration process for Irish-trained specialists (GPs, anaesthesia, obs & gynae, psychiatry) seeking to move to Aus. In 2024, 624 Irish doctors (mostly non-specialists) obtained Aus work visas. IRL needs a policy on #DrRetention +return

Calling #womeninmedicine to share your experience of balancing work and family in our #MAMinMedicine survey! Nearly 200 women doctors working in Ireland have already taken part. Please share your insights and support change by taking the survey now: surveymonkey.com/r/C8DQ35J

'It suits some people to say medical staff and other Irish workers come for the lifestyle. . . Not the hard truth, which is that people feel let down by Ireland enough to leave it'. 100% agree Brianna Parkins irishtimes.com/life-style/peo… #DrRetention

Imagine if Irish hospitals were nice places to work. There would be no staff shortages. Yet for some reason the answer is always beatings will continue until morale improves. Listening to recent ‘health debates’ has been bad for my own health!!