Sláintecare report May 2017

Publication

Sláintecare report May 2017

Citation

Committee on the Future of Healthcare, 'Sláintecare report May 2017', [report], Department of Health, 2017-05

Description

In June 2016, the Dáil established the Committee on the Future of Healthcare with the goal of achieving cross-party, political agreement on the future direction of the health service, and devising a ten year plan for reform. The agreement among all political groupings in the Oireachtas on the extent of challenges facing the health service, and on the need to set out a vision for long-term change, was reflected in the Committee’s Terms of Reference. This report sets out the Committee’s agreed vision and strategic plan, and is the culmination of many months of evidence-based deliberation informed by a wide range of stakeholder perspectives. In it, the Committee outlines an agreed vision and strategic plan to transform the Irish health service. This report recognises that the Irish health service as it stands at the moment is not providing the population with fair or equitable medical care. Our health services do not have the bed capacity to provide timely urgent and planned care.