The man at the helm of the health service will need to tackle issues including long waiting lists, high staff turnover and out-of-date IT systems
As a result, many staff are leaving. The churn rate is higher than it ever was. Absenteeism is rising. Those staff left behind to plug the gaps are under more pressure than ever. While Irish healthcare workers have always emigrated in search of experience and adventure, there are fears the generation who are leaving now might never return.
The new HSE boss will have to motivate and inspire staff, as well as having their back in the inevitable crises ahead. But he will also have to take practical steps to make working in the health service more attractive and less stressful.The implementation of Sláintecare, the big-ticket reform programme for the health service, has been “piecemeal” so far, an Oireachtas committee heard last week, and even insiders don’t know who is in charge.
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