Only a palliative - Health service national plan

THE HSE yesterday published its National Service Plan for 2017, outlining, in simplistic terms, its main goal to “promote health and well-being as part of everything we do, so that people will be healthier.” 

That is hardly a recipe for revolutionary change, which is what our health service needs.

In 2017, the HSE will be in receipt of €13,948.5bn funding from Government. This is an increase of €458.6m over the 2016 allocation, but it is likely to be less than the total funding for this year, as an extra €500m was allocated in July for health and social care services.