The HSE Service plan is out today, and you can read it here. I’ve just finished reviewing it for the Pat Kenny show on Newstalk.
Some key points
- Some money to reduce waiting lists in acute hospitals
- Some money to support moving patients out of hospitals in to home care or long term care
- Hospital groups to happen
- Palliative care service in the Midlands for the first time
- Better access to diagnostics for GPs – ultrasound now, more services in 2016
- Some increase in spending on disability services and mental health
- 0.7% increase in spending from 2014 outcome
- New use of balanced scorecard methods to hold managers to account
- More investment in ICT