Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Workforce Planning in the Health Sector (Resumed): Discussion with Fórsa

Photo of Michael HartyMichael Harty (Clare, Independent)
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If a physiotherapist who has been on a panel for three years decides to take up a job in a private hospital, she can get a job in the morning given that she has the qualifications, etc. The private system operates in a completely different way from the public system in its recruitment processes. Does the public system's bureaucracy create barriers?