Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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I am only interested in how the HSE engages with the education system. Why do we have the HSE sending the same letters? I have only been elected for two and a half years, and this paragraph has not changed in all that time. A recruitment crisis is mentioned. The letter also refers to the case that, as with all other areas, CHO 5 has been experiencing significant recruitment challenges due to shortages of health and social care professionals. The text has just not changed. It is like a copy and paste exercise for two and a half years. I have yet to see anybody. Turning back to Mr. Farnan, I have dealt with healthcare professionals who have left, and they told me that they were not asked why they were leaving. They were not asked why they were leaving in any way, shape or form, and that was across all the divides. I have been told an exit interview has never been carried out with HSE professionals, in the context of those who have come to tell me what is wrong with the system. They have said that no one in the administration in the HSE has asked.