I already paid him a fee to set things up, but €60 for 2 minutes is pushing it a bit. A lot of people will not dispute for fear that something is wrong with them and don't want to cause problemsIn that situation, you shouldn't have been charged the fee to tell you the tests were clear. I had tests recently myself and got a letter confirming they were clear. No fee. Let's not pretend that every consultant does this. Like in every walk of life, you will get some who are greedy and will charge you for anything.
I'm no apologist for RTE but it's impossible to fault the findings of this investigation.
Several consultants were trailed for 13 weeks to provide an accurate average number of hours worked.
All fell short of their contracted 39 hours, the worst offender being an opthamologist who did an average of 13/39 hours a week.
Can't remember now but it wasn't a frivolous claim.How were they trailed exactly? A large part of the work of a consultant is done on-call or remotely.
Unless RTÉ were hacking their phones or getting their call logs then I don't think they have a leg to stand on with their assertion. It's not really proof of anything.
That is the norm unfortunately. This is criminal behaviour but no action is taken despite it being common knowledgeMy mother was a senior nurse prior to her retirement. She worked with a public consultant for a decade in one of the large regional hospitals and never witnessed this person see a single public patient. This person just worked their private list - s/he was never challenged. My mum also witnessed others who saw very few public patients - far below their allotted public hours. She is retired five years now but this was her consistent experience over her career.
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