HSE slammed for treatment of recruitment drive NCHDs

Alert DateApril 19, 2012 Country: Ireland General Type: Discrimination, Institutional discrimination, Equality/Integration Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Ethnic minorities, Linguistic minorities Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Employment - labour market, Integration - social cohesion, Daily life Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Internet, Newspaper
Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin Indian, Pakistani
Victims Gender Male, Female
Victims Age N/A
Victims Number N/A
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Irish
Perpetrator Gender Male, Female
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number N/A
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

The Irish Medical Organisation’s AGM (April 17th, 2012)  heard strong criticism of The Health Service Executive’s treatment of foreign doctors.

Dr Neil Brennan of the IMO International Affairs Committee said the Executive’s hasty recruitment drive resulted in the arrival of hundreds of NCHDs “who were then left essentially waiting for training and dawdling their time away up to the point where some of them have returned to their country of origin without ever having worked in the Irish health system”.

Dr Bridin Cannon urged the medical profession "to look at ourwelves" indicating that in some cases non-national doctors could be used in locum positions until  Irish doctors were ready to take the post resulting in the dispensability of non-national doctors. 

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