Working Life: 'You might be the only person the patient talks to today'

“We’re a small team of just 100 people in the NTPF, but we’re making great progress"

Rebecca Maher: “One value I hold dear from my early days with the HSE is how important it is to engage humanely with patients." Picture: Larry Cummins.

Rebecca Maher, deputy director of commissioning at the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF)

“When I started working for the HSE, I was still a student, studying political science at UCC.