HSE management have been accused of reneging on an agreement to negotiate proposed changes to the Dublin Mid-Leinster and Dublin South West addiction services with GPs Specialising in Substance Abuse (GPSSA), Irish Medical Times has learned.
The HSE has gone to the Joint Review Group under the Public Service Agreement, having recently done a U-turn on its original willingness to negotiate with GPSSA through the IMO.
IMT understands that IMO Assistant IR Director Shirley Coulter received a letter from HSE management, 10 days after an agreement to negotiate with GPSSA had been struck, stating that the Executive had gone to the joint review group with the proposed changes.
Source: Aoife Connors, Irish Medical Times, 26/05/2011