The chairperson of one of Ireland's largest hospital groups has quit her role, citing government failures to deliver reforms in the health service as the reason for her departure. Professor Geraldine McCarthy, chair of the board of the South/SouthWest Hospital Group, has become the latest senior health figure to resign, following the shock departures last week of two senior officials from the Government's Sláintecare reform programme. The South/SouthWest Hospital Group oversees 10 hospitals, including Cork University Hospital and the maternity hospital, Mercy University Hospital, Waterford University Hospital, Kerry University Hospital, and Tipperary University Hospital. Despite the excellent care delivered at the frontline by committed staff, it is regrettable that much of the needed reform of the health service has not been delivered. Groups were intended to evolve into trustsHospital groups were originally planned to evolve into not-for-profit trusts but were later subsumed into the government's Sláintecare plan to reform the health service.

Source: Irish Examiner September 13, 2021 19:52 UTC