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

Would recommend all partake. Confidential feedback, and while it feels like it will fall on deaf ears what I appreciate even more having left medicine is the insane extent to which NCHDs let things slide. As the saying goes, if it isn't written down it never happened.

Ah changeover weekend. Particular shout out to those stuck on call over the weekend then scrambling to move across the country. Could of course be managed better for all involved but that's nothing new.

If only NCHDs had a union that could do this for them. Might be worth making one.

Used to love this. "We've half of the West Coast in A&E, please prioritise all discharges as a matter of urgency." Aye, cheers Cathy, was just going to let Dave and Mary chill on the ward another week playing cards and smoking cigars.

My letter today. Front line representative groups need to challenge HSE Ireland discriminatory two tier system of oversight. Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation Irish Medical Organisation IHCA irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…

First week of changeover done (or nearly done for those on call). Fair play to all NCHDs in what is an incredibly stressful, chaotic time, huge respect. You deserve better, always have, but after COVID all those involved should've sat down and taken NCHD conditions seriously.

It's time to replace terms like "junior doctor" & "non-consultant hospital doctor (NCHD)" in Ireland as well. Especially NCHD, one of the weirdest & most disrespectful job titles around. However, I'm not sure “resident doctor” is the best replacement. bmj.com/content/386/bm…