CHILDREN'S Health Ireland (CHI) faces governance challenges after the resignation of three board members, including Dr. Gavin Lavery, Brigid McManus, and Catherine Guy. This follows a recent report highlighting the inappropriate threshold for hip surgery in children at Dublin hospitals, revealing only 40% of surgeries at Temple Street met the necessary criteria. Health Minister Carroll MacNeill raised concerns regarding CHI's management and future direction, emphasizing the need for a functional governance structure. A separate report uncovered excessive payments made to consultants, further complicating CHI's situation amid pressures to improve children's health services.
We've had three resignations from the board this morning. These would be individuals who have worked on the board, worked in a volunteer capacity on the board since 2018 and who have provided a very strong service in bringing the hospitals from where they were.
This is something that I've referenced a number of times in the Dáil and I've said that very clearly, we need to have a functional governance structure to enable us to get to the opening of the Children's Hospital and to deal with the very many issues in children's health.
The independent review found 40pc of the surgeries reviewed at Temple Street met the criteria, while the figure for Cappagh was just 21pc.
I have a different relationship with the CHI board in statute than any other minister really has with most other boards. It is an unusual structure and I don't have the authority to ask people to step down in the way that you normally might expect.
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