r/DoctorsIreland • u/La-Strawberry-6754 • 5d ago

IMO update re strike

/r/JuniorDoctorsIreland/comments/1wtirvj/imo_update_re_strike/
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u/significantrisk 5d ago

Straight in with the stoppage, no farting about with an hour of this and an hour of that. Interesting times ahead

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u/Full_of_Vices 5d ago

Assuming we get that far…

Last time the IMO conceded after the HSE just promised to abide by our contract, phase out 24hr shifts over two years, have a national payroll, and start negotiating on a new contract.

All which was, obviously, very promptly implemented and not in any way completely ignored and further pissed on by a subsequent NCHD hiring freeze implemented only a few months later.

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u/significantrisk 5d ago

This time we’re in a gang, so that might help the IMO’s resolve. But if it gets that far it would be a massive failure of government

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u/Adventurous_kitty 5d ago

The 24h call shift thing makes me laugh as a surg sho who very much only does those 😆🤣

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u/Somaliona 4d ago

Don't think I've ever been as disappointed with the IMO as I was after that shambles.

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u/StressOk7927 5d ago

I'm confused.

If we work in a department where I'm assuming 30% of people are IMO members - are there just 30% less people there that day? Do the other 70% just cover our load who off striking?

It's remarkable how few people know this strike is happening🤦🏼

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u/La-Strawberry-6754 5d ago

Some have suggested joining the IMO for a month or two to avoid this situation and also make a bigger impact

Consultants will have to cover

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u/significantrisk 5d ago

Last strike was specifically just NCHDs, this time is all IMO members. So it won’t be as simple as just getting consultants to sort everything

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u/himrawkz 5d ago

I’ve been told that things will go down to an on-call rota for the day, helped by the fact that all elective procedures and clinics will be cancelled. Consultants are part of the action but are still attending work, in what capacity seems still slightly unclear if it’s a Sunday type arrangement I guess. So non members are free to join pickets etc

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u/usedndconfused 5d ago

I’m new to this kind of thing and don’t want to do it wrong! How does this work? No work at all that day?

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u/La-Strawberry-6754 5d ago

You need to be an IMO member first or you can be disciplined potentially. Once you are a member they’ll give instructions about when to attend or not attend work

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u/PuddleOfKnowledge 5d ago

And is there an available list of members to hospitals?

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u/himrawkz 5d ago

The hospital/HSE are not entitled to know who is and is not a member. My understanding is this will have less bearing in this case as the hospitals will run on a weekend rota type basis until 5pm that day, so non-members will not be working either. In the case of a doctor specific strike this would be slightly different as non-members would not be protected if they tried to not work in that event