IEThe Irish Times
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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- 24 Sept 2026, 09:16 UTC
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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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- #13849
- Observed
- 24 Sept 2026, 09:16 UTC
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- news-ledger/0.1
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