For your information please see below some media clips from our campaign.
Irish Times: Junior doctors may strike over deteriorating working conditions, IMO says
“There is a reason why doctors leave Ireland, and we hope that Government and the HSE will pay attention and do something to address the systemic problems in our healthcare system. However, we will be recommending to our members that if we do not get reasonable and serious engagement there may be no alternative but to consider industrial action because allowing the current situation to persist is just not acceptable. It is bad for doctors and bad for patients.” IMO NCHD Chair Dr John Cannon
Irish Independent: Junior doctors threatening strikes over long hours
“The HSE and the Government continue to take this group for granted and force them to work illegal hours, often without correct pay and with little regard to their physical or mental health. There is a reason why doctors leave Ireland, and we hope that Government and the HSE will pay attention and do something to address the systemic problems in our healthcare system.” IMO NCHD Chair Dr John Cannon
Irish Examiner: Doctors consider industrial action over 80-hour weeks
“You feel punch-drunk. I would feel unsafe to drive a car but somehow you are being asked to go and perform complex medical procedures and make complex decisions. Your decision-making capacity significantly reduces. Jobs that take you five minutes during the day could take 45 minutes at night because it is impossible to think straight. It is very dangerous”. IMO NCHD Chair Dr John Cannon speaking about NCHD Working Hours
Irish Medical Independent: IMO warning over potential industrial action by NCHDs
“There is a reason why doctors leave Ireland, and we hope that the Government and the HSE will pay attention and do something to address the systemic problems in our healthcare system,” IMO NCHD Chair Dr John Cannon
Irish Daily Mail: Exhausted medics claim 24 hour shifts put patients in danger
There is a skeleton crew operating hospitals. It’s not safe for doctors, not safe for patients. IMO NCHD Chair Dr John Cannon
Dr John Cannon on RTE's Drivetime