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EPISODE · May 17, 2022 · 7 MIN

Could a four-day working week save our health service?

from Newstalk Breakfast

Since the pandemic we’ve seen hordes of young healthcare workers jumping on the next flight to Sydney or Vancouver for better pay and working conditions... but could introducing a four-day working week entice them to stay?  To discuss this option Dr Catherine Conlon, Senior Medical Officer in the Department of Public Health, St Finbarr’s Hospital Cork spoke to Shane on the show this morning. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.     Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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