Govt to shelve Hanly Report on hospital reform - report

The Government is reportedly set to shelve the recommendations contained in the contentious Hanly Report on hospital reform.

Reports this morning said Health Minister Mary Harney was expected to tell David Hanly, who has been drawing up a plan to implement the reforms, that his services are no longer needed.

Mr Hanly’s report recommended the downgrading of several smaller hospitals, which would have lost functions such as accident and emergency services if the plan had been implemented.

The Hanly Report, which met with intense opposition from politicians and the public, recommended that such services be centralised in regional hospitals.