Eilish O’Regan: Will HSE takeover of Children’s Health Ireland just create a new set of problems?

Plan was announced by Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. Photo: PA

A series of scandals at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) has damaged the trust of many parents and the public.

Now, it is being shelved, with its independence taken away as it becomes part of the HSE, mostly no longer operating under its own rules and with no board of its own.