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Punishing hospitals by withholding consultants

Health managers see hospital consultants as optional extras whose numbers they can manipulate up or down at will

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#13304
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24 Sept 2026, 09:16 UTC
Last checked
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4e3560a3b01b...669fc5
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Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
12 Jul 2024, 04:00 UTC
Source updated
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Health managers see hospital consultants as optional extras whose numbers they can manipulate up or down at will
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    Punishing hospitals by withholding consultants

    Health managers see hospital consultants as optional extras whose numbers they can manipulate up or down at will

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    4e3560a3b01b...669fc5
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    12d4bca8b5f4...016a66
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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
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#13849
Observed
24 Sept 2026, 09:16 UTC
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200 / parsed
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723,903 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt