Staff are so busy lives are at risk, Rotunda boss admits
Dr Sam Coulter-Smith, master of Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital, has warned the hospital — which is currently operating at about 50pc above capacity — is at risk of “a bad outcome”. He said a lack of...
View ArticleBrendan Kinsley, Stephanie Ryan and Sam Coulter-Smith on Mater site
[Letter to Examiner >] We write to you as a group of hospital consultants working in close collaboration across the Mater, Temple St, and Rotunda Hospitals, on the pressing national issue regarding...
View ArticleLetters to Times re hospitals and home births
Dr Sam Coulter Smith, Master of the Rotunda hospital, is quoted as saying, “You cannot have a safe home birth service run by independent midwives without an appropriate governance structure”...
View ArticleGeraldine Kenny: ‘valuable debate complete with medical facts, figures’
The hearings were particularly valuable because the medical representatives provided facts and figures about terminations of pregnancy in Irish maternity hospitals for the first time. There was no...
View ArticleRotunda defends paying top-ups due to private income from Gate Theatre
The master, Dr Sam Coulter-Smith, was receiving a €20,000 privately funded allowance, while privately funded allowances of between €6,000 and €19,000 were listed as being paid to two other managers....
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