
Trials are underway in Scotland and Spain.
A four day working week could help resolve the staffing crisis in the health service.
Younger healthcare workers have been increasingly moving overseas to the likes of Canada and Australia since the covid pandemic, in search of better pay and working conditions.
Trials of a four day working week are underway in Scotland and Spain.
Dr. Catherine Conlon , Senior Medical Officer in the Department of Public Health at St. Finbarr's Hospital in Cork , says the health sector is already 'teetering on the verge of breakdown' and restructured working practices could help.