Major change as agencies are reformed

THE Government’s health reform package will see just 11 of the 58 existing health agencies remain unchanged following the recommendations of the Prospectus Report.

The report's conclusions paint a damning picture of an inefficient, unwieldy health service with many duplicated functions and responsibilities.

The report points out that of a total 58 separate statutory agencies and bodies, almost half have been established in the last 10 years, as successive Governments applied piecemeal solutions to a struggling health service.