Seanad debates

Wednesday, 13 October 2010

Organisational Review Programme: Statements

 

Our organisation of the health service, instead of trying to lump everything into the HSE, should be in two different directions. We should absorb some aspects of the health service back into the Department of Health and Children, have a national body solely concerned with large-scale health facilities, and re-allocate to various forms of local government the delivery of primary and community care in this country. Once we come up with that formula, we will have overcome many of the difficulties we have in the delivery of services. This will increase accountability and the involvement of public representatives, which will result in increased public confidence in the system. I hope the net result of this review will be that this lesson is learned. I look forward to the next reports and action arising therefrom. Any changes in our health service can also be applied in the delivery of social welfare, education and many other public services.

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