Dr. Anne Doherty:

All the aforementioned workforce pressures exist, but, on a more fundamental level, most people who go into medicine or any area of healthcare want to provide excellent care. It is most frustrating if the system does not allow them to do that, if they have no beds for patients they would like to admit to hospital and if there are no talking therapies for patients who need them. It is these sources of frustration that make it very difficult to have any sense that patients are getting good care and that one is managing to change anything by going to work in the morning. These factors are probably the most important. Senator Dolan mentioned access to additional research facilities etc. These are definitely draws and make areas more attractive, which is often why the cities and academic centres find it easier to recruit than more peripheral areas.