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38 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Health and Children the plans, if any, he has to carry out a review of the implementation of the 1994 health strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10266/98]
Written Answers. - Health Strategy.
The Health Strategy, Shaping a Healthier Future, sets out the national strategy for the development of the health services. Since the publication of the Health Strategy, the Department of Health and Children, with its partners in the delivery of health care, has been pursuing that vision of the health service. Further policy documents have been produced which deal in greater detail with aspects of the implementation of the Strategy.
Steady progress has been made in the implementation of the four year action plan which accompanied the strategy. A wide-ranging review of the plan is under way in the Department and 1998 will see the commencement of work on a new strategy for the first decade of the next century.