Doctor highlights how sanctioning a staff member is outside of remit

Dr Ike Okafor is clinical director of CHI. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Dr Ike Okafor is clinical director of CHI. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The clinical director of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) has called for greater powers for the role, including the ability to hold health staff to account.

A clinical director is a practising doctor who has a day job and also takes on a leadership post to oversee safe delivery of care in the hospitals they guide.