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Health Action Plan

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 December 2018

Tuesday, 18 December 2018

Questions (400)

John Brassil

Question:

400. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Health his plans to undertake a detailed assessment of diagnostics, radiology and laboratory service requirements across acute and community care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53054/18]

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This Government is fully committed to improving and transforming our health services to provide high quality, fair and accessible care to the population. It has approved the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy as Government policy and the vehicle to achieve this transformational reform. A key commitment in Sláintecare is to expand community-based care to bring care closer to home.

The Sláintecare Implementation Strategy was published in August. The Strategy provides the framework within which a system-wide reform programme will be advanced to deliver the Committee's vision of a health system in which care is provided in the right place, at the right time, by the right person and is always provided on the basis of need and not ability to pay. The Implementation Strategy contains 106 linked actions to be delivered over the first 3 years of implementation.

Sub-Action 5.3.4 commits to undertaking detailed planning to support the development of additional diagnostics capacity in the context of Hospital Group strategic plans and community care needs, with national approval and funding.

The detailed 2019 Action Plan to implement Sláintecare is currently in the process of being compiled. It is linked with service plan discussions with the HSE. This will include detailed milestones and timelines for year one and the assignment of responsibility for each action. The action plan will be submitted, before year end, to the High Level Delivery Board comprised of the Secretaries General of the Departments of Health, Taoiseach and Public Expenditure and Reform, the CEO of the HSE and the Sláintecare Executive Director. Following its consideration of the Action Plan, the Board will submit the plan to me shortly thereafter.

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