Hospital Governance: An Insight from the South East of Ireland

Recently the governance debate has moved from the private to the public sector. Growing concerns in health care systems have propelled governance to the forefront of the agenda of policy makers and managers alike. This study examines the concept of governance in a hospital setting and questions the drivers of this phenomena in both its internal and external environments. A similar approach was adopted in a Belgian study by Eeckloo et al 2002.