Navan surgeons not on specialty register

One permanent and one locum surgeon on the staff of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Navan, Co Meath, are not on the Medical Council’s specialty register, Irish Medical Times has learned. The HSE has advised GPs in the area that all current services will continue to be provided in the Louth/Meath hospitals, notwithstanding any consultant leave arrangements. {openx:269} Locum arrangements are in place to cover all existing consultant leave, the HSE said, confirming that a member of staff at Navan had been placed on administrative leave. Claims that there was no consultant surgeon on duty at the hospital last…