HSE delays appointments of neurological consultants

THE Oireachtas Committee on Health will be writing to the head of the Health Services Executive (HSE), Professor Brendan Drumm, asking him to explain apparent delays in appointing four consultant neurologists.

The Committee yesterday heard that the positions — for Beaumont in Dublin, and for Sligo, Limerick and Waterford — had been approved by Government, that funding had been put in place, but that none has been advertised as yet.

Dr Orla Hardiman, a consultant neurologist at Beaumont Hospital said that the posts had been approved by one section of the HSE but awaited approval from another section.