Overhaul planned as HSE admits morale is low

The HSE has admitted staff morale is low and that there is no accountability structure for clinicians within its acute hospital network in the Mid-West.

The admissions appear in a HSE document proposing the overhaul of management structures in the Mid-West acute hospital network that this year has a budget of €200m.

As part of the overhaul, the HSE is to set up a trust to oversee the operation of the six hospitals: the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, St John’s Hospital, Ennis General, Nenagh General, the maternity hospital, and Croom Orthopaedic.