Another HSE mess - Children left in jeopardy

TODAY we report on yet another fiasco in the health system, where the fostering service in Meath is in breach of accepted standards by not ensuring that all children using the service have the support of a designated social worker.

On the same day it was announced that the Health Service Executive has replaced the head of its hospitals office, Mr John O’Brien, with four people.

Mr O’Brien, who came to prominence at the Dáil committee hearings when he announced that the breast cancer situation in Portlaoise was much graver than had been imagined, has moved to become a special adviser to HSE chief Professor Brendan Drumm.