Hillery calls for HSE change

THE former head of the Irish Medical Council has called for more accountability by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to ensure the delivery of good patient care.

Hillery calls for HSE change

Dr John Hillery warned that updating the way doctors were regulated, while welcome, would not deliver good healthcare on its own.

Without a functioning health service the Medical Practitioners Act wouldonly be window dressing to distract from the real problems preventing goodpatient care, the doctor told a medical conference in London today.

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