Tag Archives: Prof Brendan Drumm

Editor feels long in the tooth upon reading Minister for Health’s eight-point reform plan

Dara Gantly looks at Prof Brendan Drumm’s unexpected reappearance in the headlines over the debate on primary care reform and funding of general practice.

The Irish health system should endeavour to maximise the patient experience, and this will require “boiling the ocean”, says founding HSE CEO and UCD Professor of Paediatrics Prof Brendan Drumm.

The founding CEO of the HSE has warned that the rest of the world is moving away from hospital groups — structures that were ‘financially unsustainable’ and would only serve to further disintegrate the health service, IMT reports.

Founding Head of the HSE Prof Brendan Drumm is currently volunteering with aid agency Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) in Ethiopia, the second most populous African country at 86.

By Gary Culliton.

The much-anticipated new book from Prof Brendan Drumm is more of a thought-provoking read than kiss-and-tell tome, says Dr Muiris Houston.

By Gary Culliton.