The Government is facing claims of going “back to the future” by announcing plans to scrap the overarching HSE and replace it with six regional health structures which mirror the health boards ditched 15 years ago. In a long-flagged move that was initially proposed as part of the cross-party Sláintecare plan, Health Minister Simon Harris will ask permission from Cabinet tomorrow to make drastic changes to the existing health service. As part of the new proposals, which will begin to be implemented over the coming months, the existing system will be replaced with the creation of six new “regional health structures”. They will be based in Dublin, Leinster, the North West, the Mid West, the South West, and the South East. We have the lowest level of consultants per capita anywhere in Europe, so it’s not going to help with that.

Source: Irish Examiner July 15, 2019 20:37 UTC