{"id":857,"date":"2020-01-20T21:14:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T21:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/"},"modified":"2020-01-20T21:14:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T21:14:48","slug":"healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare based on need and not ability to pay \u2013 Social Democrats launch Health Policy."},"content":{"rendered":"
‘A health service when you need it, as you need it’.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n

The Social Democrats will today launch their Health policy document; \u2018A health service when you need it, as you need it\u2019<\/em><\/strong>. Party Co-Leader Ro\u00eds\u00edn Shortall said the current Irish health service is not set up to best meet the needs of people requiring healthcare. She said the system is far too dependent on hospitals, and much of the care could take place in local health centres instead – resulting in reduced costs and Improved efficiency.<\/p>\n

R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall will be joined at the launch by General Election candidate for Galway West, Niall \u00d3 Tuathail whose professional background has seen him work extensively on reform programmes within the UK’s NHS.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Whitmore, the party’s candidate In Wicklow. will also join the panel. Jennifer is a twice elected Cllr in Wicklow and former mayor. A working mother of four young children and with a background in policy formation both In Ireland and Australia – Jennifer is well aware of the struggles families face when It comes to healthcare and understands the policy approaches needed to improve things.<\/p>\n

The party said the Irish system is currently an illness system rather than a functioning health service. The party intends to frame a revamped system around their Sl\u00e1intecare proposals which
\nset out a road-map to move from a crisis-driven approach to one that focuses instead on community care, prevention, and equal access for all and includes:
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Free health services in our communities;
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Quicker access to public hospitals;
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Community care teams for older people and those with mental health needs;
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Diagnostics like x-rays and scans provided locally;
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thousands more doctors, nurses, speech therapists, and public health nurses.
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 An increase in hospital bed capacity and an end to trolley crisis.<\/p>\n

The Social Democrats say that when Sl\u00e1intecare is implemented, Ireland will finally have a health system that is comparable to other European countries, based on need and not on ability to pay.<\/p>\n

16th Jan 2020
\n[ENDS]<\/p>\n

Click on A Health Service: As you need it, when you need it<\/a> to read our policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘A health service when you need it, as you need it’.\u00a0 The Social Democrats will today launch their Health policy document; \u2018A health service when you need it, as you need it\u2019. Party Co-Leader Ro\u00eds\u00edn Shortall said the current Irish health service is not set up to best meet the needs of people requiring healthcare. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[268,7,264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jennifer-whitmore","category-press-release","category-roisin-shortall"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHealthcare based on need and not ability to pay \u2013 Social Democrats launch Health Policy. - Social Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Healthcare based on need and not ability to pay \u2013 Social Democrats launch Health Policy. - Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"‘A health service when you need it, as you need it’.\u00a0 The Social Democrats will today launch their Health policy document; \u2018A health service when you need it, as you need it\u2019. Party Co-Leader Ro\u00eds\u00edn Shortall said the current Irish health service is not set up to best meet the needs of people requiring healthcare. […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-20T21:14:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ZOO Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SocDems\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SocDems\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ZOO Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ZOO Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960\"},\"headline\":\"Healthcare based on need and not ability to pay \u2013 Social Democrats launch Health Policy.\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-20T21:14:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/\"},\"wordCount\":366,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Jennifer Whitmore\",\"Press Release\",\"R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/\",\"name\":\"Healthcare based on need and not ability to pay \u2013 Social Democrats launch Health Policy. - Social Democrats\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-20T21:14:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Healthcare based on need and not ability to pay \u2013 Social Democrats launch Health Policy.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/\",\"name\":\"Social Democrats\",\"description\":\"Change Ireland for the better\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Social Democrats\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SocDems-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SocDems-logo.png\",\"width\":846,\"height\":358,\"caption\":\"The Social Democrats\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/SocDems\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960\",\"name\":\"ZOO Admin\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/author\/zoo-admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Healthcare based on need and not ability to pay \u2013 Social Democrats launch Health Policy. - Social Democrats","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/","og_locale":"ga_IE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Healthcare based on need and not ability to pay \u2013 Social Democrats launch Health Policy. - Social Democrats","og_description":"‘A health service when you need it, as you need it’.\u00a0 The Social Democrats will today launch their Health policy document; \u2018A health service when you need it, as you need it\u2019. Party Co-Leader Ro\u00eds\u00edn Shortall said the current Irish health service is not set up to best meet the needs of people requiring healthcare. […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/","og_site_name":"Social Democrats","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland","article_published_time":"2020-01-20T21:14:48+00:00","author":"ZOO Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SocDems","twitter_site":"@SocDems","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ZOO Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/"},"author":{"name":"ZOO Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960"},"headline":"Healthcare based on need and not ability to pay \u2013 Social Democrats launch Health Policy.","datePublished":"2020-01-20T21:14:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/"},"wordCount":366,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Jennifer Whitmore","Press Release","R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall"],"inLanguage":"ga-IE"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/","name":"Healthcare based on need and not ability to pay \u2013 Social Democrats launch Health Policy. - Social Democrats","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-01-20T21:14:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ga-IE","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/healthcare-based-on-need-and-not-ability-to-pay-social-democrats-launch-health-policy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Healthcare based on need and not ability to pay \u2013 Social Democrats launch Health Policy."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/","name":"Social Democrats","description":"Change Ireland for the better","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ga-IE"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#organization","name":"The Social Democrats","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ga-IE","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SocDems-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SocDems-logo.png","width":846,"height":358,"caption":"The Social Democrats"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socialdemocratsireland","https:\/\/x.com\/SocDems"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/#\/schema\/person\/4aa25e1b0ecfe5e51a2ceab9a9006960","name":"ZOO Admin","url":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/author\/zoo-admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}