Dr. Donal O'Hanlon:

On the issue of work and pay for consultants, there are fewer consultants per head of population and they tend to see more patients, compared with their international peers. There tends to be intense pressure on finding resources for patients. We talk about patients on trolleys and trying to find beds for them. The struggle to find an appropriate setting for patient care takes up a larger portion of one's working day. The amount of clinical work one does is done in a shorter timeframe and more rapidly, while one tries to sort out administrative issues which I did not have had to go anywhere near in North America.