New approach required to HSE bureaucracy

Hardly a day passes without some story of failure in our health services. 

This is not healthy for HSE workers or for the society that supports that huge organisation, the largest employer in the State. The HSE employs more than 100,000 citizens; some 67,000 are direct employees and the balance works for agencies funded by the HSE. That, roughly, represents 5% of the workforce.

Yesterday we reported how the HSE was unable to commission maternity hospital computer systems without external support. Today we point to a report that says the HSE appointed nearly three managers each week in the first half of 2017. That our health bureaucracy expands relentlessly despite a great shortage of doctors and nurses, along with third world waiting lists, is a justified cause of anger.