Lack of clarity over HSE and department roles, says report

NEARLY six years since its creation the HSE has yet to adequately clarify its roles and responsibilities in relation to the Department of Health, according to a government report.

The Organisational Review Programme (ORP), which was established in 2007 by the Department of the Taoiseach to report on public service modernisation, published its second report yesterday covering the Department of Health and Children as well as three state agencies.

In relation to the department, the report found it “an organisation in transition” with still a lack of clarity in many areas between its and the HSE’s functions.