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Hospitals Policy

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 January 2013

Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Questions (1085)

John Halligan

Question:

1085. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Health if he has now received the Higgins Report relating to the future of the South East Hospital Network; if not, when he expects to be in receipt of same; when he will be making the contents of same available to Dáil Éireann; if he has reviewed the report/submission from the South East Hospitals Action Alliance Group; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1619/13]

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A rigorous and comprehensive consultation process has taken place which has included meetings with every acute hospital, including consultations on two separate occasions with each hospital in the South East region. A significant volume of formal submissions have been received by the Project Team from hospitals, clinicians, regulatory bodies and citizens.

All of these recommendations and submissions have been considered by a Strategic Board composed of representatives with national and international expertise in health service delivery, governance and linkages with academic institutions. The Chair of the Strategic Board, Professor John Higgins is due to formally present to me a report on the establishment of hospital groups as a transition to independent hospital trusts in the near future. I will prioritise consideration of that report, which will then be submitted to and presented to Government for decision on the hospital groups composition in light of the recommendations of the Report.

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