Drumm hints at need for HSE external review

THE head of the HSE, Professor Brendan Drumm, has said his organisation could benefit from an external review of its performance since its inception in 2005.

Responding to criticism of the HSE following the Tallaght Hospital X-ray and referral letter controversy, Prof Drumm said the time may have come to investigate the success of the HSE to date.

“Maybe it’s time for an independent agency to come in from the outside, independent of the HSE, the Department of Health, of Government, the political system and tell us has it made headway? And where it has, acknowledge it, and where it hasn’t, like in terms of our interaction with voluntary agencies, then let us learn from that,” he said.