Hospital group chairperson quits in protest: 'We are no nearer the reforms needed'

Prof Geraldine McCarthy, chair of the board of the South/SouthWest Hospital Group, has become the latest senior health figure to resign. Picture: Larry Cummins

The chairperson of one of Ireland's largest hospital groups has quit her role, citing government failures to deliver reforms in the health service as the reason for her departure. 

Professor Geraldine McCarthy, chair of the board of the South/SouthWest Hospital Group, has become the latest senior health figure to resign, following the shock departures last week of two senior officials from the Government's Sláintecare reform programme.