COMMENT: HSE needs new leaders with will to change

There’s nothing like a good ol’ trolley crisis to generate headlines, but only the extremely naive could take the hysteria seriously.

The problem of trolleys is as perennial as sunlight, so let’s not pretend otherwise.

Around about this time every year, the number of patients languishing on gurneys in accident and emergency departments skyrockets and media-savvy nursing unions seize the opportunity to highlight what is really an ongoing crisis.