Value for money ‘key to health reform’

VALUE for money will be the key to a radical reform planned for the health service, Tánaiste Mary Harney said yesterday.

"Throwing more money at the system is not the answer. We are spending over €10 billion on the service this year and it is not going to the frontline," she said.

"We are spending more than the French per capita but we don't seem to be able to get the same quality of care," she added.