News from around your health services
HSE appoints Chief Operations Officer Mercy Urgent Care Centre opened New Mater Emergency Department Phoenix Care Centre opened Investment needed in preventive eye care Breast cancer diagnosed in 832 women What’s in a name? Referral thresholds for surgical procedures National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Members HSE appoints Chief Operations Officer Laverne McGuinness Ms.... Read More
Proposed new payment system for hospitals
A prospective case-based payment system (Diagnosis Related Group system) will replace the current block grant allocation payment to public hospitals; it is proposed in the Government’s new ‘Money Follows the Patient’ (MFTP) consultation document, Maureen Browne reports. A prospective case-based payment system (Diagnosis Related Group system) will replace the current block... Read More
Re-balanced hospital budgets
HSE allocations to voluntary hospitals have been particularly controversial this year, following the HSE decision to “re-balance” hospital budgets, writes Maureen Browne. HSE allocations to voluntary hospitals have been particularly controversial this year, following the HSE decision to “re-balance” hospital budgets, rather than continuing to fund the hospitals on a largely... Read More
Two new Boards to progress reform agenda
A Programme Management Office and a Health Reform Programme Board are being established in the Department of Health as part of the overall governance structure for the programme of reform, Health Minister, Dr. James Reilly told the 9th National Health Summit in Dublin. Maureen Browne reports. A Programme Management Office and a Health Reform Programme Board are being established... Read More
Leading large scale change
Tallaght Hospital in Dublin doubled the number of patients going through its Emergency Department between March and September last year, the hospital CEO, Ms. Eilish Hardiman told the 9th National Health Summit in Dublin. Maureen Browne reports. Tallaght Hospital in Dublin doubled the number of patients going through its Emergency Department between March and September last year,... Read More
Delivering better outcomes and savings
The system of funding the Irish health services needs a seismic overhaul, Mr. Brian Fitzgerald, CEO, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, told the 9th National Health Summit in Dublin. The system of funding the Irish health services needs a seismic overhaul, Mr. Brian Fitzgerald, CEO, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, said. The health services would have significant problems until we had... Read More
More patients will self manage
More patient self-management will be a feature of the health services in the future, Mr. Kieran Ryan, CEO, Irish College of General Practitioners, told the 9th National Health Summit in Dublin. Maureen Browne reports. More patient self-management will be a feature of the health services in the future, Mr. Kieran Ryan, CEO, Irish College of General Practitioners, told the Conference. He... Read More
The hospital is dead – long live the hospital
Patients in Ireland still believed they were not getting out of the health system what was being put into it, Prof. John Higgins, Chair of the Hospital Group Strategic Board told the 9th National Health Summit in Dublin. Patients in Ireland still believed they were not getting out of the health system what was being put into it, Prof. John Higgins, Chair of the Hospital Group Strategic... Read More
How much humanity can we inspire?
The chances of achieving all change objectives were pretty poor and the key question for leaders was to see what they could do to achieve the fraction of change which was possible, Dr. Helen Bevan, OBE, Chief of Service Transformation, NHS Institute for Innovation & Improvement, told the 9th National Health Summit in Dublin. Maureen Browne reports. The chances of achieving... Read More
Values driven leadership
A presentation on how one organisation achieved major savings and introduced an effective performance management process on the back of the ‘Croke Park’ Agreement reforms was given to the 9th National Health Summit in Dublin by employment specialist, Gerald Flynn. Maureen Browne reports. Gerald Flynn, an employment specialist with Align Management Solutions in Dublin, detailed... Read More
