Multiple HR and ICT deficiencies identified during a Medical Council inspection of CHI sites underpin the need for the new National Children\u2019s Hospital to open without further delay, according to Social Democrats health spokesperson P\u00e1draig Rice.<\/p>\n
Deputy Rice said:<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s report highlights a number of concerning issues at CHI hospitals, where creaking ICT systems were found to be hindering clinical service delivery and HR systems are a constant source of frustration for staff. The inspection revealed that doctors needed multiple log-ins to complete routine tasks, including checking test results or discharging patients, and that ineffective HR processes were distracting frontline staff from patient care.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were also reports of inappropriate behaviour, unaddressed historic cases of unprofessional behaviour, and continuing bullying and harassment identified at one site.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast June, CHI told the Oireachtas Health Committee that issues previously identified in an internal report \u2013 which included allegations of bullying and poor governance \u2013 had been addressed. However, it is clear from the Medical Council\u2019s inspection that serious problems within the organisation still remain.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn fact, the report noted that there was a perception that little or no action was taken when complaints related to ongoing bulling and harassment were made.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s deeply disappointing that CHI’s latest response to another damning report seems to amount to little more than \u2018nothing to see here\u2019 \u2013 even though the same issues keep coming up.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s clear that CHI will continue to lurch from one crisis to the next until such a time that the new National Children\u2019s Hospital opens. But rather than continuing to blame the contractor BAM in the media for repeated delays, the Minister for Health needs to stop acting like a commentator and take some responsibility for completing the project.\u201d<\/p>\n
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