Patients' group calls for Government to meet Sláintecare directors

Professor Geraldine McCarthy resigned as chair of the South/SouthWest Hospital Group and cited Government failures to deliver reforms in the health service as the reason for her departure. File picture. 

A patient representatives group has called on the Government to meet with the Sláintecare directors who dramatically resigned last week in a reconciliation attempt. 

Otherwise, any future value for patients in the planned reforms may be lost in a programme that has already struggled to make progress, said Stephen McMahon, co-founder and director of the Irish Patients Association (IPA).