Report examining HSE criticises duplication within group

A REPORT examining how the Health Service Executive (HSE) could deliver more integrated care is ritical of the amount of duplication within the organisation.

It also criticises the “distance” between HSE leadership and local providers and it calls for a bigger role for doctors in running the health service.

The McKinsey report, Organising to Deliver Integrated Care, says while the creation of the HSE “was an important step in taking a national perspective to ensure greater focus to patients”, the service needs to evolve more to meet the needs of the Irish population.