Purpose of Reform
Reform Programme Deliverables
The Reform Programme is focused on improving patient care, providing better value for money and enhancing health care management. The Reform Programme aims to:
- Deliver an improved health system which provides consistent national, regional and local patient-centred care;
- Provide a better planned, managed and performance measured system in which needs, services, funding and outputs are systematically interlinked;
- Develop a health system which maximises the use of resources by delivering the right care in the right setting;
- Provide a better working environment for staff.
Key Programme Elements
Key elements of the Reform Programme include:
- Rationalising health service agencies to reduce fragmentation, including abolition of the health board/Authority structures
- Establishing a Health Service Executive (HSE) as a single national entity to manage health and personal social services
- Reorganising the Department of Health and Children, to enhance policy development and oversight
- Establishing a Health Information & Quality Authority (HIQA) to promote quality care throughout the health system
- Modernising supporting processes (Service Planning, Management Reporting etc.) so that they are in line with recognised international best practice
- Strengthening governance and accountability across the system.
