The Health Service Executive is seeking to recruit a doctor tasked with ensuring that abortion takes place in all 19 maternity units around the country. Currently about half are not, partly because of conscientious objections by doctors in those units, Around 350 GPs out of several thousand also facilitate abortion.
The person to be appointed will be required to provide clinical leadership for the implementation of “safe, evidence-based, quality-assured, woman-centred, accessible services for women who require abortion care”, according to the role description.
The post is a part-time one, open to experienced obstetricians and gynaecologists for a two-year period. The HSE says it may be re-advertised thereafter “if the continuation of the role is deemed necessary”.
