Merge hospitals into new administrative groups

The HSE has been ordered to merge hospitals into new administrative groups with a single budget and a staff ceiling as part of plans to cut costs, high-level administration, and patient waiting times.

Since January, University Hospital Galway, Merlin Park Hospital, Roscommon General Hospital, and Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe, Co Galway, have been part of a group managed by chief executive Bill Maher. (Examiner) >