HSE to tackle A&E delays in Galway

National director of the HSE, John O'Brien, told the meeting that the problems at the hospital could be sorted out in a matter of weeks if there was a willingness to address them. "It is not a resource issue. The solutions lie within," he said.

GORDON DEEGAN The Irish Times - Tuesday, May 4, 2010

THE HSE has sent two high-ranking executives to help resolve the continuing problems at the A&E department of the largest hospital in the west of Ireland.

National director of operations, Laverne McGuiness, and director of operations for HSE West, John Hennessy, met senior hospital management at Galway University Hospital (GUH) last week.The chairman of the HSE West Forum, Cllr Padraig Conneely (FG), said: “I very much welcome now that a high-powered HSE committee is going in there to sort it out.”At a meeting of the HSE West Forum last week, Mr Hennessy said the HSE was “very concerned about the national performance of the AE at the hospital”.

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HSE seeks €200m fund to cover dispute shortfalls
02 May 2010 By Susan Mitchell Courtesy of The Sunday Business Post

A plan by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to create a €200 million fund to offset budget over-runs is the latest twist in a long-running dispute with unions.

The creation of the fund will involve cutting money from other parts of the health service, with figures on which services will be affected expected to be revealed this week. Brendan Drumm, chief executive of the HSE, said that industrial action by health staff meant that the HSE was unable to determine how its budget for this year was being spent.

‘‘We cannot continue to trade recklessly," said Drumm.

The HSE said the fund would be used to cover any shortfall that may have emerged due to the refusal by members of the Impact trade union to collate and provide financial data.

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The Irish Times - Saturday, May 1, 2010

HSE to start taking staff off payroll next week

MARTIN WALL Industry Correspondent

THE HSE will begin the process of removing staff involved in industrial action from the payroll at a meeting next Thursday.

Under the HSE plans, the staff concerned will first receive a letter from management.

They are expected to be asked to attend a meeting with management, where they will be asked to confirm within 48 hours that they will carry out normal duties.

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