Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD has blasted the government\u2019s Sl\u00e1intecare Action Plan as deeply underwhelming at a time of unprecedented crisis in our health service.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s wishy-washy report is yet further proof that the Fine Gael government is not remotely committed to delivering\u00a0 to Irish people the kind of universal public health service which this country has lacked for so long..”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD has blasted the government\u2019s Sl\u00e1intecare Action Plan as deeply underwhelming at a time of unprecedented crisis in our health service.<\/p>\n
Deputy Shortall, who chaired the cross-party Oireachtas Committee which produced the original Sl\u00e1intecare roadmap in May 2017, said:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been almost two years since the detailed and costed Sl\u00e1intecare report was produced based on unprecedented political co-operation – yet today we have another report on a report on a report, but still no proper budget.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis plan is deeply underwhelming and fails to live up to the ambition in Sl\u00e1intecare for radical reform of our broken health system. It is particularly disappointing\u00a0 that the plan kicks to touch on Sl\u00e1intecare\u2019s core vision for a universal single-tier health and social care system where everyone has equitable access to services based on need, and not ability to pay.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s wishy-washy report is yet further proof that the Fine Gael government is not remotely committed to delivering\u00a0 to Irish people the kind of universal public health service which this country has lacked for so long.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt takes a special kind of brass neck for the government to produce a plan like this at a time of heightened crisis in our health system, when almost 600,000 people are waiting to see a specialist and nursing staff are in revolt over pay and conditions including severe problems with recruitment and retention of key hospital staff.\u201d<\/p>\n
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13th March 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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