Motion 1:

• This meeting calls on the Department of Health and the HSE to seriously engage on workable solutions that will address the crisis in consultant recruitment and retention.

Amended:

• This meeting calls on the Department of Health and the HSE to engage on workable, measurable and timebound solutions that will address the crisis in consultant recruitment and retention.

Carried as amended

Motion 2:

• This meeting deplores the ongoing inequitable treatment of consultants appointed since 2012 and calls on the Department of Health to address this damaging policy within the current negotiations

Amended:

• This meeting deplores the ongoing inequitable treatment of consultants appointed since 2012 and calls on the Department of Health and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to address this damaging policy within the current negotiations

Carried as amended

Motion 3:

• This meeting calls on the Department of Health and the HSE to engage in proposals to support work life balance and family friendly policies in all consultant contracts

Carried

Motion 4:

• This meeting calls on Government to urgently address the capacity crisis which is preventing consultants from delivering timely care, leading to dangerously long waiting lists and a public health system that cannot meet patient needs.

Carried

1) This meeting welcomes the appointment of the first Consultants in Public Health Medicine under the recent agreement  and calls on the Department of Health and HSE to ensure full implementation of the wider agreement across all domains of public health

PROPOSER: IMO Public & Community Health Committee

Carried

2) This meeting notes the difficulty in recruiting Senior Medical Officers/Senior Area Medical Officers and calls on the HSE to engage with the IMO on recruitment and career planning for this grade. In particular we would seek a review of the staffing levels in Public and Community Health Departments in light of the agreed staffing levels and the needs of the service and patients, and to identify blockages to recruitment.

PROPOSER: IMO Public & Community Health Committee

Carried

3) This meeting condemns the failure by the HSE, Department of Health and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to follow the agreed process for bargaining units and seeks urgent progression of the IMO Claims under the Bargaining Unit Process.

PROPOSER: IMO Public & Community Health Committee

Carried

4) This meeting calls on the HSE and Department of Health to recognise the value of Community Health Doctors as vaccinators and to recognise the need for agreement with them  before any future changes to the HPV and other vaccinations schemes.

PROPOSER: IMO Public & Community Health Committee

Carried

1.)  The IMO calls on the HSE and Department of Health to recognise the capacity problems within General Practice and to work with the IMO in addressing these in the short, medium and long term.

Proposer: IMO GP Committee

Amended:

The IMO calls on the HSE and Department of Health to recognise the capacity problems within General Practice and to work with the IMO and other relevant stakeholders in addressing these in the short, medium and long term.

Carried as amended

2.) The IMO calls on the HSE and Department of Health to engage with the IMO in developing supports to help newly qualified GPs to establish as principals.

Proposer: IMO GP Committee

Carried

3.) The IMO calls on the HSE and Department of Health to ensure that GPs are fully supported in introducing digital health initiatives and that such initiatives are fully integrated into GP Practice Management Systems

Proposer: IMO GP Committee

Carried

4.) The IMO calls on the HSE and Department of Health to engage with the IMO on an out of hours system that is fair and equitable to all GPs regardless of location.

Proposer: IMO GP Committee

Passed

5.) We call on the IMO to commit to undertaking all necessary steps to bring resolution to the present Locum Crisis which is, in general, most pressing for small & medium General Practices.

Proposer: Dr Catherine O’Donohue

Seconder: Dr John Cox

Amended:

This meeting calls on the IMO, HSE and all relevant stakeholders to commit to undertaking all necessary steps to bring resolution to the present Locum Crisis which is, in general, most pressing for small & medium General Practices.

Carried as amended