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Doctors obliged to train in Irish hospitals in need of support

I can identify with reference to ‘unsafe staffing levels’ for junior doctors

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Fri May 29 2026 - 06:00

Sir, – Reading Dr Rory Stewart’s letter (May26th) on keeping doctors in Ireland I can fully identify with his description of hospital conditions for junior doctors as “unsafe staffing levels” relying on the “doctors’ goodwill as an inexhaustible resource”.

Having recently retired as a programme director of a general practice training scheme, one of our main tasks was to chaperone and pastorally support the trainees during their obligatory hospital component of their training. – Yours, etc,

DR MICHAEL GRIFFIN,

Monaleen Rd,

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