21 Apr - IMO AGM to focus on urgent need for investment in health services
IMO AGM to focus on urgent need for investment in health services
AGM starts today in Galway
Conference theme is Dying for Investment
The AGM of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) kicks off today in Galway. The AGM will be attended by Doctors from across the country including GPs, NCHDs, Consultants and Public Health and Community Medicine doctors. The Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD, will address the AGM tomorrow (Saturday).
The theme for this year’s conference is “Dying for Investment” and many of the debates and sessions will focus on the need for a radical increase in investment in health services to bring an end to the continuing cycle of overcrowding and long waiting lists.
During the conference, Doctors will be calling for new contracts and increased resources to stem the tide of increasing emigration amongst Irish doctors.
- Consultants will be calling for an end to the practice of paying new consultants lower salaries than existing consultants are earning – a practice which is being linked with the inability of the HSE to fill as many as 400 empty consultant posts across the country. Consultants will also be challenging the repeated failure of the Government to honour the agreed terms of the existing Consultant Contract.
- GPs will be hearing of developments in negotiations over a new GP Contract and calling for some immediate investment in General Practice which has been decimated in recent years.
- NCHDs will be calling on the Government to demonstrate commitment to address the issue of training supports and a new NCHD contract.