Susan Mitchell: The HSE's senior management bubble
There has been a 40 per cent spike in appointments in four years
Beaumont Hospital in Dublin has 842 beds and 37 senior managers. Cork University Hospital (CUH) has 800 beds and just eight senior managers.
CUH is functioning with almost one-fifth the number of senior managers that Beaumont has.
Why is it that some hospitals have almost one-fifth the number of managers as others?
A similar trend is evident at maternity hospitals. The 240-bed Coombe Hospital in Dublin has half the number of senior managers ...
