A MidWest Intensive Care Consultant is calling for more power to be given to management at a local level to tackle hospital waiting lists.
Head of the ICU at the region’s main hospital, Dr. Catherine Motherway, says a number of challenges still remain including; the staff recruitment and retention crisis and the availability of beds.
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The Minister for Health recently announced a new €350m plan to cut queues to their shortest in five years, however this was met with criticism from the Irish Hospital Consultants Association for not dealing with the cause of delays to treatment.
UHL’s Dr. Catherine Motherway believes top-down management in the healthcare system isn’t always helpful.
