Endometriosis: Search continues for key staff for Cork regional centre

John R Higgins and Mairead O’Riordan of CUMH with health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill at the official opening of the supra regional endometriosis centre in Cork last year. Dr O’Riordan said of the recruitment issues: 'Many of the roles require highly specialised skill sets, which can make the recruitment process more time-intensive'. File picture: Gerard McCarthy

John R Higgins and Mairead O’Riordan of CUMH with health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill at the official opening of the supra regional endometriosis centre in Cork last year. Dr O’Riordan said of the recruitment issues: 'Many of the roles require highly specialised skill sets, which can make the recruitment process more time-intensive'. File picture: Gerard McCarthy

Recruitment for the regional endometriosis centre in Cork is challenged by the need for “highly specialised skill sets”, the HSE has said, as calls grow for hiring to ramp up.

Although three senior specialists started this year, the search to fill key roles continues. A locum consultant colorectal surgeon is now onsite, as is a clinical physiotherapist and a senior physiotherapist.

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