HSE says systems ‘not fit for future needs’; Doctors vote for industrial action

The HSE has acknowledged its systems, as they stand, are “not fit for future needs”, as doctors overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial action over “unjustifiable pay inequality faced by consultants”.

Speaking at the launch of the body’s 2020 national service plan, Dr Stephanie O’Keeffe, the HSE’s national director of strategic planning and transformation, said despite the inadequacies of the system as it stands, it is “critically important for us to continue our good work in terms of maintaining improvement in life expectancy, and in moving much more demonstrably towards a community-enabled healthcare system”.