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The '''Health Service Executive''' ('''HSE''') ({{lang-ga|Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte}}) is responsible for the provision of health and personal social services for everyone living in Ireland, with public funds. The Executive was established by the Health Act, 2004 and came into official operation on 1 January 2005. It replaced the ten regional [[Health board (Ireland)|Health Boards]], the Eastern Regional Health Authority and a number of other different agencies and organisations. The [[Minister for Health (Ireland)|Minister for Health]] has overall responsibility for the Executive in [[Irish Government|Government]]. |
The '''Health Service Executive''' ('''HSE''') ({{lang-ga|Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte}}) is responsible for the provision of health and personal social services for everyone living in Ireland, with public funds. The Executive was established by the Health Act, 2004 and came into official operation on 1 January 2005. It replaced the ten regional [[Health board (Ireland)|Health Boards]], the Eastern Regional Health Authority and a number of other different agencies and organisations. The [[Minister for Health (Ireland)|Minister for Health]] has overall responsibility for the Executive in [[Irish Government|Government]]. |
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==Structure== |
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A new grouping of hospitals was announced by the Irish Minister for Health, [[James Reilly (Irish politician)|Dr. James Reilly TD]] in May 2013, as part of a restructure of Irish public hospitals and a goal of delivering better patient care.<ref name=health>{{cite news|url=https://health.gov.ie/blog/press-release/minister-announces-hospital-groups-and-publishes-the-framework-for-smaller-hospitals/|title=Minister Announces Hospital Groups and Publishes The Framework for Smaller Hospitals|work=Department of Health|publisher=[[Department of Health (Ireland)]]|date=15 May 2013|accessdate=15 May 2013}}</ref> |
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==News and criticism== |
==News and criticism== |
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Revision as of 14:44, 20 May 2019
| Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte | |
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| Publicly funded health service overview | |
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| Formed | 1 January 2005 |
| Preceding Publicly funded health service | |
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Headquarters | Dr. Steevens' Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland |
| Employees | 67,145 [1] |
| Annual budget | €16.05 billion |
| Publicly funded health service executives |
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| Parent department | Department of Health |
| Website | hse |
The Health Service Executive (HSE) (Irish: Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte) is responsible for the provision of health and personal social services for everyone living in Ireland, with public funds. The Executive was established by the Health Act, 2004 and came into official operation on 1 January 2005. It replaced the ten regional Health Boards, the Eastern Regional Health Authority and a number of other different agencies and organisations. The Minister for Health has overall responsibility for the Executive in Government.
Structure
A new grouping of hospitals was announced by the Irish Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly TD in May 2013, as part of a restructure of Irish public hospitals and a goal of delivering better patient care.[2]
News and criticism
The HSE is frequently portrayed by the Irish media as an inefficient, top-heavy and excessively bureaucratic organisation. The Irish health system has been involved in a number of serious health scandals, for example relating to cancer misdiagnoses in 2008.[3][4] The HSE has also been the subject of criticism for cutbacks, service cancellations etc., but has recently indicated that it is making good progress in saving costs and achieving its required 'break-even' budget position for 2010.[5]
In the same month, the Irish Medical Organisation stated that patients awaiting a HSE medical card were waiting up to six months to receive their card, and that their health was being put at risk as they could not afford medicines that they would have otherwise obtained had they received their card.[6] The HSE has since announced a new online system for medical card applications that will reduce turnaround time for routine applications to 15 days.[7]
In May 2011, key forensic evidence in up to 25 sexual-assault cases may be challenged in court because of a major administrative blunder by the HSE. The victims – some as young as 14 – were told by Gardaí about the incident, in which a nurse who carried out their forensic tests was unregistered. This could lead to the evidence being challenged.[8]
In May 2018, in the midst of the CervicalCheck misdiagnoses controversy, Tony O'Brien announced his resignation as director-general of the HSE with effect from close of business on 11 May.[9][10]
See also
- Department of Health (Ireland)
- Health Information and Quality Authority
- Maev-Ann Wren, health services analyst and critic
References
- ^ "Department of Public Expenditure & Reform - Databank - Public Service Numbers". Department of Public Expenditure & Reform. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Minister Announces Hospital Groups and Publishes The Framework for Smaller Hospitals". Department of Health. Department of Health (Ireland). 15 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Family demands HSE apology over misdiagnosis". The Irish Times. 22 September 2008.
- ^ "Up to seven families to be contacted by HSE". RTÉ.ie. 1 April 2008.
- ^ "HSE progress is slow but more patients are not waiting longer". SaraBurke.com.
- ^ "Major delays with medical card scheme". RTÉ.ie. 22 March 2010.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 August 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Kelly, Fiach; McDonald, Brian (12 May 2011). "Blunder by HSE puts up to 25 rape cases in doubt - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ "HSE boss Tony O'Brien steps down in wake of CervicalCheck scandal". Irish Independent. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "HSE chief Tony O'Brien to take leave of absence from US board". Irish Times. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2018.