HSE urgently needs to get it together

Minister after minister has climbed into the hot seat at the Department of Health and walked away in defeat. 

They went in with ideas galore, their heads held high and a mission to complete. They came out in defeat with their tails between their legs.

It’s been a long time since we’ve had a fully functioning and effective health system. It was disjointed and ineffective, controlled by petty political considerations, when it was 11 Regional Health Boards. Now that it is a single entity, it has become little more than a dysfunctional monster.