Hospital chief says public bosses ‘not as accountable’

Public hospital managers are not subject to the same level of scrutiny as their private healthcare counterparts, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

Deputy chief executive of the Beacon Hospital, Brian Fitzgerald, who previously worked as chief executive of St James’s Hospital, said public health management are not as accountable.

Mr Fitzgerald told members of the Oireachtas committee on the future of healthcare that he is “kept on his toes” in his current job.