Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Workforce Planning in the Health Sector: Discussion

Mr. William Prasifka:

Before then it was two thirds. That tells me these doctors have a story they want to tell. It is the combination of the increase of voluntary withdrawals, which is highly significant, with the qualitative data that our research manager can take committee members through. Together they tell a consistent story to the effect that there is deep dissatisfaction with the practice of medicine for many of our most highly trained graduates. This is replicated in other surveys done by other institutions.