Hospital boards should not be managed by “shadows”

Many of the recommendations of the HIQA Report on Tallaght (AMNCH) Hospital represent good corporate governance, but there are some recommendations which are potentially dangerous if applied generally, and are possibly an over-reaction to the Tallaght hospital situation,  writes Mr. Henry Murdoch. The recent HIQA Report on the Tallaght (AMNCH) Hospital, dealt in some detail with the issue of corporate governance at that hospital. However, its recommendations... Read More

A new National Rehabilitation Hospital

A new National Rehabilitation Hospital is to be built on the campus of the existing hospital in Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. The development, which is a partnership between the HSE and the National Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation was announced by Health Minister, Dr. James Reilly and An Tanaiste, Eamon Gilmore. Derek Greene, CEO, National Rehabilitation Hospital It will see the existing 120 bed facility at the NRH replaced by a new 120 bed facility,... Read More