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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. I do not have the exact date, but I would have seen it shortly after it was finished. I was involved in the decision to commission the report. I discussed it with Mr. Gloster, and with Mr. Watt. It was proper due diligence to identify what gaps might exist in commissioning. As the Deputy said-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes, there were significant gaps. Mr. Lynch, Ms Conroy and CHI have been involved in responding to those recommendations. There is a dedicated transformation director and the programme is supported by Newpark Healthcare, the commissioning experts. As the Deputy said, this has not happened-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Maybe, but certainly-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Well, it is more than that. The commissioning is all the physical aspects, but also involves moving one hospital or sometimes multiple hospitals into a new site. There is a national oversight group that has been-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is being dealt with as part of the work being overseen by the transformation director.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I certainly accept that is what the report said in April. On that basis, for example, there is now a clinical transformation director. CHI did not have one of those in place. An interim chief executive has been appointed, as the Deputy will be aware. A recruitment process is also ongoing for the permanent-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I agree. The lady who has stepped into the interim role, who is the COO, has done and is doing a very fine job. We interact very regularly on children's spinal issues, for example. It is agreed, though, that we want a permanent chief executive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes. I agree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes. The CEO is appointed by the board. I met the chair and a member of the board earlier this week in the Department of Health regarding exactly this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: There has been no question of Government approval. It is a funded role, so when the outgoing chief executive left, the board moved to start recruiting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: CHI has not yet managed to find someone it believes to be suitable for the role.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is, and it has been under way for a fairly long time. For what it is worth, I will give the Deputy my view. I do not think we pay hospital managers enough. We pay them significantly less than we pay the consultants, for example, and-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I do not, unfortunately. I wish I did.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is a public spending issue. What we did get when I asked, and I must acknowledge the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, in this regard, is that the new REO roles, which I know the Deputy supports, would be linked to the consultant contract for this exact reason. I was in New York recently regarding the children's spinal issue. I asked how much the chief executives of the large hospitals there...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I have taken steps at an REO level. That is as far as I can push it at this point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It has worked at the REO level. It is an ongoing issue, and it is not just CHI. At a structural level-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: -----I think we should be paying more to our-----