New HSE chief assured of new posts

THE incoming chief executive of the Health Service Executive (HSE) has sought funding for four additional posts at the hospital where he works prior to accepting his new job.

Professor Brendan Drumm, who is due to take over at the helm of the HSE on August 15, requested the appointment of a new professor of paediatrics for Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin and UCD (the position he is vacating), he also sought:

* The creation of a permanent post of tutor/postgraduate tutor for the hospital.