Foreign recruits unite over pass rates and ‘criticism’
By Lloyd Mudiwa. Less than half of the candidates who last month sat clinical examinations for registration under the Supervised Division passed, Irish Medical Times has established. This compares to...
View ArticleRecruits advised to ‘go home’
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The Asian doctors who failed December’s clinical examinations for registration to the Supervised Division should return to their home countries, the HSE has advised. A spokesperson for...
View ArticleCall to repeal restrictive Supervised Division
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The IMO has called upon the Government to immediately repeal the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act and remove the Supervised Division from the Medical Register, labelling it...
View ArticleHSE and Council need solution for supervised doctors group
Dear Editor, The Medical Council established the Supervised Division in July 2011. The doctors were registered after passing a structured assessment organised by the Council and the relevant colleges...
View ArticleSupervised doctors are being let down by the authorities
Open letter to Dr James Reilly, Minister for Health; Andrew Condon, General Manager, Office of Human Resources, HSE; and Philip Brady, Head of Registration, Medical Council. Dear Sir/Madam, We, the...
View Article100 NCHD posts were vacant before rotation
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The registration of more than 200 doctors in the Supervised Division of the Medical Council’s Register is set to expire in July, with these doctors now set to return to their home...
View ArticleMaintaining the Register protects the patients
Response to Dr Imran Habib’s letter (http://bit.ly/1276GyM), Irish Medical Times, Jan 18, 2013 Dear Dr Habib, I refer to your letter regarding doctors currently in the Supervised Division now seeking...
View ArticleCouncil powerless over Supervised Division
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The Medical Council has dismissed speculation that the 230 doctors currently in the Supervised Division, who have initiated legal action against the Department of Health, HSE and...
View Article226 Asian doctors could travel home
By Lloyd Mudiwa. Only 74 of the 300 doctors currently in the Supervised Division are expected to transfer to the General Division of the Medical Register, thereby entitling them to continue to practise...
View ArticleSI amends Supervised Division
By Lloyd Mudiwa. Amended rules for the assessment of doctors seeking entry to the Supervised Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners have been made into a statutory instrument, the Medical...
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