Hospital reconfiguration report due

AN internal report outlining how the hospital system will be reconfigured — including the exact services to be moved from 10 small hospitals — is set to be given to Health Minister Dr James Reilly.

Formal correspondence between HSE chief executive Cathal Magee and the Department of Health’s secretary general, Michael Scanlan, has confirmed the details of the plan will be finalised before the end of the year.

Records obtained by www.irishhealth.com under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act show the reconfiguration document will outline which specific services will be changed in named facilities.