Drivers of health workers' migration, intention to migrate and non-migration from low/middle-income countries, 1970–2022: a systematic review

P Toyin-Thomas, P Ikhurionan, EE Omoyibo… - BMJ global …, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
Background The migration of healthcare workers (HWs) from low/middle-income countries
(LMICs) is a pressing global health issue with implications for population-level health …

Drivers and barriers of international migration of doctors to and from the United Kingdom: a scoping review

N Brennan, N Langdon, M Bryce, L Burns… - Human Resources for …, 2023 - Springer
Background Many high-income countries are heavily dependent on internationally trained
doctors to staff their healthcare workforce. Over one-third of doctors practising in the UK …

Hospital doctors in Ireland and the struggle for work–life balance

N Humphries, AM McDermott, J Creese… - European Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Ireland has a high rate of doctor emigration. Challenging working conditions and poor work–
life balance, particularly in the hospital sector, are often cited as a driver. The aim of this …

Tracking the leavers: towards a better understanding of doctor migration from Ireland to Australia 2008–2018

N Humphries, J Connell, J Negin, J Buchan - Human resources for health, 2019 - Springer
Background The recession of 2008 triggered large-scale emigration from Ireland. Australia
emerged as a popular destination for Irish emigrants and for Irish-trained doctors. This paper …

'… the way it was staffed during COVID is the way it should be staffed in real life…': a qualitative study of the impact of COVID-19 on the working conditions of junior …

JP Byrne, J Creese, A Matthews, AM McDermott… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives COVID-19 has prompted the reconfiguration of hospital services and medical
workforces in countries across the world, bringing significant transformations to the work …

[HTML][HTML] Doctor retention: a cross-sectional study of how Ireland has been losing the battle

R Brugha, N Clarke, L Hendrick… - International journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The failure of some high-income countries to retain their medical graduates is
one driver of doctor immigration from low-and middle-income countries. Ireland, which …

'Everything was just getting worse and worse': deteriorating job quality as a driver of doctor emigration from Ireland

N Humphries, AM McDermott, E Conway… - Human resources for …, 2019 - Springer
Background Medicine is a high-status, high-skill occupation which has traditionally provided
access to good quality jobs and relatively high salaries. In Ireland, historic underfunding …

[HTML][HTML] How the organisation of medical work shapes the everyday work experiences underpinning doctor migration trends: the case of Irish-trained emigrant doctors …

JP Byrne, E Conway, AM McDermott, A Matthews… - Health Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Medical migration is a global phenomenon. In Ireland, hospital doctor emigration has
increased significantly in recent years, with Australia a destination of choice. With work and …

The impact of economic recessions on health workers: a systematic review and best-fit framework synthesis of the evidence from the last 50 years

G Russo, TJ Silva, Z Gassasse, J Filippon… - Health Policy and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Economic crises carry a substantial impact on population health and health systems, but
little is known on how these transmit to health workers (HWs). Addressing such a gap is …

Factors influencing specialty choice and the effect of recall bias on findings from Irish medical graduates: a cross-sectional, longitudinal study

FM Cronin, N Clarke, L Hendrick, R Conroy… - BMC Medical …, 2020 - Springer
Background Despite being a vital part of medical workforce planning and development, how
medical students and graduates choose their career specialty is still not well understood …