Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to go back to the hospital management issue. Earlier, I raised the question of a tenth manager being recruited in 18 years. There must be a problem in the smaller hospitals because there seems to be a vast turnover of administrative staff at senior levels. I appeal for this issue should be looked at. In fairness, no matter how big or small the hospital, the hospital manager is dealing with a complex job involving people who are doing the cleaning, porters, catering staff, nurses, junior doctors and consultants. There is skill in managing all these interest groups. We seem to have a difficulty in retaining senior staff in the smaller hospitals. I am calling for that to be looked at because if we do not have continuity in management, we will have failure in many other areas as well. This should be looked at.