Multiple senior management vacancies at a local hospital will be tackled over the next 2 months according to the HSE.
An inspection of Mullingar Hospital found four of the nine executive management positions were unfilled and had the potential to affect future governance and healthcare delivery.
A statement to Shannonside FM News this morning states that the hospital leadership have been working with the Dublin Midlands Health Regional team to implement a recruitment plan.
The high level vacancies included quality and patient safety manager, director of midwifery, operations and clinical services manager and a human resources manager.
It's expected to take six to eight weeks for the process to be complete.
The inspectors also noted a 13% shortfall in nursing staff, a 20% shortfall in midwifery staff and 13% in healthcare assistant staff.
When examining the Emergency Department, inspectors also noted that while patients privacy and dignity was supported in inpatient areas, but the same in the ED required significant improvement.
Hospital management have confirmed a number of measures have been enacted to tackle demand and capacity issues within the Emergency Department.
These include the relocation of the Acute Medical Assessment Unit adjacent to the ED, the allocation of dedicated clinical space to the Mullingar Frailty Intervention Team to help older patients, and the establishment of a dedicated Phlebotomy Service for the ED.
