
Sheila McGuinness
Sheila McGuinness is the Director of Access at the Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland, responsible for overseeing patient access to healthcare services across the country. Recently, she has been in the news due to concerns raised in an internal report regarding the abrupt cessation of the insourcing initiative, which could lead to a significant increase in waiting lists for outpatient consultations, potentially affecting thousands of patients.
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The report was sent to chief executive Anne O’Connor and HSE director of access Sheila McGuinness on April 20th.
HSE decision ‘could add 4,000 patients per month’ to waiting lists – The Irish TimesThe Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859·
Ireland· 2026-07-22

