Seanad debates

Tuesday, 13 May 2003

I hope that, in terms of the operation of the health boards, some sort of automatic decision will not be made by the Government that there should be fewer health boards or that they should be run by business management types. I imagine that such a recommendation would be heavily favoured by the Progressive Democrat element of the Government, in particular. It appears that there are those who believe that the health professionals within the health service are not capable of managing the health boards and that the problem lies at managerial level. If that is the case, reforming the managerial level by introducing an extra layer of managers will not provide a solution. Communities are entitled to know what the future has in store, whether in respect of the operation of the health boards or local health services.

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