A Roscommon doctor says many younger people will find it hard to return to the Irish healthcare system after working abroad.
Dr Joanne Cregg moved to Australia earlier this year in search of a better work life balance and says it's everything she hoped it would be.
The young doctor says having enough staff in the system means that people can leave work on time, not have to work overtime constantly, and not have to feel guilty if they need to take sick leave.
The former Roscommon gaelic footballer says there's a large Irish contingent working in Perth and while many people want to go back home eventually, it can be hard to return to a system which leads to such a poor working life.
It's very hard to come out here and then go home, I think , just in terms of going back to the system that's kind of broken at home.
I know there is that threat at the moment of strike action (among NCHD's) which is so overdue, so so long overdue, there was a strike, was it 20 or 30 years ago? , and nothing ever changed.
I really hope that change can happen, and if it does it's gonna encourage more Irish doctors to go home, cos its something that I'm looking at, I'm thinking well why would I go home, y'know if I go home then my work life balance is going to be thrown off, because I'm just going to be so overly stressed that I wont have time for people to teach me.
