Advertisements for 68 consultants ‘evidence of HSE mismanagement’

ADVERTISEMENTS for 68 consultant posts being placed in newspapers and medical journals this week are further proof of mismanagement by the Health Service Executive’s (HSE), the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) claimed yesterday.

Advertisements for 68 consultants ‘evidence of HSE mismanagement’

IHCA secretary general Finbarr Fitzpatrick said that almost 40% of advertised positions are in psychiatry, most of which had been promised since January 2006.

The psychiatric posts were created to allow part two of the Mental Health Act last November.

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