Health service reform - Is it time to move the goalposts?

PROFESSOR Brendan Drumm has become, in a relatively short time, an accomplished media performer. He is convincing and reassuring, authoritative, articulate and polished. He has probably been tutored to use the cut-’em-off-at-the-pass tactic of answering awkward questions before they are asked and answering them on his own terms.

If he has had the PR training he has learnt his lessons exceptionally well and, if not, he may very well be in the wrong business.

The chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive who was appointed a little less than two years ago, has taken to his unenviable task with aplomb and conviction.