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Former HSE chief Paul Reid appointed chair of the citizens’ assembly on drugs use

The assembly is due to submit a report to the Houses of the Oireachtas by the end of the year

Tusla chief Bernard Gloster appointed new HSE CEO

Gloster is expected to take up the position in spring 2023, replacing Paul Reid, who departed the role as head of the executive in October

Minister for Health wants to ‘finish the job’ in department after reshuffle

Minister says progress is being made in health service, but a ‘huge amount of focus’ is still necessary

Donnelly admits ‘tensions’ over Navan intervention after Reid cited ‘frustrations’ in resignation letter

Minister for Health’s comments come after the outgoing HSE chief executive said he felt constrained in seeking to improve patient quality and outcomes

Reid cited ‘frustrations’ and ‘constraints’ in HSE resignation letter

Comments raise questions about whether perceived political interference in a HSE decision over Navan Hospital played a role in Reid’s resignation

Remarks by DoH officials on leaked recordings ‘an assault on competence of HSE board’, says Finlay

Department of Health official amends letter of regret to include apology for ‘not appropriate or thought-out’ comments

Main job of incoming chiefs will be to usher in new era for HSE

The pandemic emergency meant doing things differently – and the new health service hires at the top must now harness these better methods

‘As big a sin as it gets’: New leaked tapes show officials in the dark over HSE’s Covid-19 spending

Recordings of meetings held as the pandemic was taking hold in the summer of 2020 show the tensions and dysfunction at the heart of the health system as the HSE failed to answer basic questions about its use of public money

Reid told Watt to retract ‘unwarranted slurs’ on HSE following health tape revelations

The soon-to-depart HSE boss warned its secretary general that the ‘disparaging and damaging manner’ in which his staff were referred to on a whistleblower’s recordings had caused bad feeling within the organisation

Matt Cooper: No matter how much the new HSE boss is paid, it won’t make up for the challenges ahead

Whoever replaces Paul Reid as head of the HSE will have to try to control spending while at the same time hiring 700 consultant doctors, improving technology, solving the trolley crisis and delivering Sláintecare

HSE braces for legal claims over cyber attack

Executive is preparing to notify thousands of people whose data was stolen in last May’s breach

Paul Reid to step down as HSE chief executive in December

Reid, who led the health service throughout the pandemic, said he had no immediate career plans

Department suspends Health Tapes whistleblower as investigation looms

Shane Corr submitted several disclosures to the Public Accounts Committee in recent months after making recordings of department meetings

Health Tapes: ‘Big lumps of money sloshing around’ – Robert Watt outlines his concerns over spending at HSE

At a top-level meeting held last January, which the Business Post has obtained a recording of, civil service heavyweight Robert Watt laid out his position on Sláintecare, the health service’s finances and dealing with public sector unions

Tony O’Brien: Service plan delay underscores health service dysfunction

The delay of 140 days between Budget 2022 last October and the publication of the HSE’s National Service Plan suggests the relationship between the HSE and the health department may be seriously strained

Recruitment target of 10,000 healthcare staff ‘very, very challenging’ — Watt

The department of health’s secretary general and Paul Reid, the HSE chief executive, appeared before an Oireachtas committee this afternoon

HSE prior year adjustment will be ‘less than €100m’, Reid says

The chief executive of the HSE appeared on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland to respond to this newspaper’s story detailing a leaked meeting of government officials

Inside story: How leaked recording reveals ‘fake targets’ and ‘credibility’ deficit at the heart of the health service

A recorded meeting of Health Department officials featured concerns over ‘chasing fake targets’, a recruitment crisis in the HSE, ‘sloppiness’ in financial reporting and ‘hundreds of millions’ of euro that might be needed to adjust for ‘fundamental errors’ in past accounts

Exclusive: Leaked audio reveals financial dysfunction and distrust in the health system

A recording of an internal Department of Health meeting on January 27 contains references to ‘fake targets’, concerns about the HSE’s financial ‘sloppiness’ and the credibility of health budgets