An beagle le dearcadh
To begin, I for one would be extremely interested to know if there is a significant variation in locum rates paid in different Provinces/Counties. As a locum myself, it's always nice to know where the grass is greener...Munster is presently holding at around €40 per hour.
Any thoughts?
Fleeg.
Defender Of Pills
nice little forum fleegmeister!
and thanks to Admin for setting it up with you!
To all you irish pharmacists out there who nosey around on here, get registering and get posting!
“It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing.”
Terry Pratchett
King Amongst Members
From what I hear Munster is just about holding 40 in the countryside, but down to 35 in the City. People tell me Cavan and Donegal are down to 30. I would have thought Donegal would have been more, being more remote, but I don't really know.
An beagle le dearcadh
Sounds about right...Clare, Tipp & Co. Cork still up at 40ish...don't do Cork city..too far south for me..Any idea about Dublin?..especially "outlying districts" (Ballymun, Tallagh etc)....agencies always have openings there....
King Amongst Members
Don't know about Dublin. Maybe some new forum posters out there will know, hopefully...
An beagle le dearcadh
Yes..that's what I was hoping for when I started this section of the forum. I have no idea how many pharmacists, assistants, dispensers etc. who use this forum are actually Irish or based in Ireland...perhaps it's only us, which means we have our own section!
Word of mouth helps too..tell people about it..start a few new threads..social stuff etc..posts on the forum show up on a Google search as well.
Thanks Lamzee,
Fleeg.
Moderator
To think that Irish professionals used to think that the UK was the promised land. When I was a rep in the 60s, many Drs were Irish. When I returned to repping in the 80s, not one on my patch.
Just shows what happens when govnmt places more emphasis on the economy rather than politics. As Clinton said 'Its the economy stupid'.
Extremism rare in a wealthy community.
johnep
An beagle le dearcadh
Well said John..
It looks like you might be coming across a good few immigrant Irish GPs in the UK fairly soon...They're charging €50 (at least) over here before your arse hits the chair in front of them. People in Ireland are feeling much better than they used to....
As usual, I refuse to be sick.
Fleegle.
King Amongst Members
Yep but once Mary Harney cuts back a bit more on the medical card scheme, more people will be paying, and GPs will be quids in!
To be fair, Irish GPs rely more on "customer loyalty" and tend to give value for money, decent follow up, see people the same day, and give then a mobile number for emergencies. I can't imagine an Irish GP being dismissive of a patient and telling then to call back in a week--the patient would vote with their feet and their wallet!
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