Irish Medical Organisation's NCHD Page

Irish Medical Organisation's NCHD Page Time For Change The IMO National NCHD Committee is developing positions on contracts and it is vital that all NCHDs feed into this process.

The IMO has launched a new initiative to ensure all NCHDs - training and non-training - have the opportunity to engage and feed into their future contracts. Over the coming months we will be holding meetings around the country and on web- based forums so that NCHDs can have a voice in determining what they need in terms of contracts and career development.

26/03/2026

University Maternity Hospital Limerick

It has been brought to our attention that University Maternity Hospital Limerick are not granting compensatory rest to NCHDs who have been rostered for 12 consecutive days.

This is unacceptable!

You are entitled to a compensatory rest day where you are rostered for 10 or 11 consecutive days in line with your contract.

We are actively engaging with HR on this matter to ensure you receive appropriate rest in line with your contract and the European Working Time Directive.

If you are affected by this issue, please contact us here nchds@imo.ie

You can take this time to come and say hi, and raise any personal or group issues affecting NCHDs at your site.We will b...
14/02/2026

You can take this time to come and say hi, and raise any personal or group issues affecting NCHDs at your site.

We will be bringing some IMO Gifts – Lanyards, KeepCups and other merchandise.

We look forward to seeing you there!

04/02/2026

Beaumont Hospital Site Visit

We are visiting our NCHDs at Beaumont Hospital on the 6th of February 2026 from 12:30pm at Room 4 in the Centre of Education

Your IMO Site Leads have organised this meeting and this will be an opportunity to raise personal and group issues affecting NCHDs at your site.

There will be food and IMO gifts available for all NCHDs

If you have any issues with your overtime being paid, let us know by contacting nchds@imo.ie
20/01/2026

If you have any issues with your overtime being paid, let us know by contacting nchds@imo.ie

Your contract specifically states “Unrostered overtime approved by the relevant Consultant / Clinical Director will be p...
15/01/2026

Your contract specifically states “Unrostered overtime approved by the relevant Consultant / Clinical Director will be paid to the NCHD”, however, it does not state this must be pre-approved.

If you do not receive payment for your unrostered overtime or experience any undue push back regarding your unrostered overtime let us know by contacting nchds@imo.ie

24/12/2025

Happy Christmas from everyone at the IMO

You voiced concerns to our team about this at a recent IMO site visit.We raised this as a matter for immediate attention...
15/12/2025

You voiced concerns to our team about this at a recent IMO site visit.

We raised this as a matter for immediate attention with the General Manger at OLOL and we are pleased to confirm that the works on the ceiling have been completed.

Remember our dedicated NCHD Team are here to help with any work-related issues so please contact us on nchds@imo.ie

07/12/2025

Surge of demand for flu-related hospitalisation highlights beds crisis in public hospital system

“Irish acute hospitals run at 97% to 110% occupancy due to inadequate capacity in the system to address the health care needs of our population.

This allows for little or no capacity to deal with any increase in workload. Most Irish acute hospitals, even before the influenza season started, were utilising their surge capacity i.e. sitting in-patients in chairs, managing in-patients on trolleys in day wards, in endoscopy suites, in cardiology day wards, as extra patients on wards and on the corridors of Emergency Departments and wards.

The rise in patient attendances to Emergency Departments and the associated increased numbers requiring admission to hospital leads to real challenges in providing safe care.”

Dr Peadar Gilligan, IMO Consultant Committee, Consultant in Emergency Medicine in Beaumont Hospital

19/11/2025

SVUH Pay Deadlines

It has been brought to our attention that St Vincent’s University Hospital have included the line "Please note that timesheets submitted more than 3 months after the above submission deadline will not be processed for payment" in NCHD timesheets:

It is not acceptable for SVUH to put restrictions on your submission in order to be paid.

We have contacted SVUH and requested this be removed from your timesheets.

While we would encourage all NCHDs to submit their timesheets within a timely manner to ensure there are no delays in receiving pay that is owed to them, this restriction is not appropriate.

Failure to receive payment for the hours you have worked due to an arbitrary 3-month deadline SVUH have put in place is a breach of the Payment of Wages Act.

Thank you to the Mayor of Limerick Mr John Moran who opened the IMO Conference "Health on the Margins" in Limerick this ...
08/11/2025

Thank you to the Mayor of Limerick Mr John Moran who opened the IMO Conference "Health on the Margins" in Limerick this morning

23/09/2025

Irish Medical Organisation statement on Donald Trump’s autism announcement

Dr Anne Dee, President of the IMO and a Public Health Consultant, said: “Comments by US President Donald Trump and US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr linking autism in children with both vaccines and their mothers’ paracetamol usage while pregnant are demonstrably false and hugely irresponsible.

There is no scientific evidence to suggest that paracetamol usage while pregnant is linked to autism in children, and this assertion does nothing but undermine pregnant women's confidence in the medical system for no justifiable reason at a particularly vulnerable time in their lives.

Furthermore, there is no credible link between vaccine uptake in children and autism. Vaccines are among the greatest scientific inventions that healthcare has seen, have saved million of lives worldwide, are overwhelmingly safe and are a critically important safeguard against serious and potentially life-threatening illnesses. Governments around the world are working very hard to promote the uptake of vaccines, so it is very regrettable and unhelpful that the US administration is fueling this type of disinformation.

These false assertions pose a real threat to public health, and the wellbeing of children and pregnant women. I urge all people to dismiss them in full.”

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