Written answers
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Department of Health
Health Service Executive
Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
947. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the HSE winter plan for this year as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40041/23]
Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
948. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the HSE winter plan for this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40042/23]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
I propose to take Questions Nos. 947 and 948 together.
Urgent and Emergency Care pressures are no longer just experienced during winter periods. Prolonged levels of high presentations and congestion now occur throughout the year. While significant investment has been driven through Winter Planning and National Service Plans over the past three years, a new approach to Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) planning is now required in response the changing demands.
This approach is twofold:
- The delivery of an Urgent and Emergency Care Operational Plan for 2023, which was signed off by Government at the end of July; and
- The delivery of a 3-year multi-annual UEC Strategy, which is expected to be submitted to Government in the Autumn.
The UEC Operational Plan 2023 will lead into year one of the multi-annual UEC Strategy and will align with the governance structure of the overarching multi-annual UEC Strategy.
No comments