The Executive Director & Chair of the Implementation Council have resigned.
Health Minister is being asked to explain why two senior officials resigned from the Slaintecare programme.
Its Executive Director, Laura Magahy and Professor Tom Keane, Chair of the Implementation Advisory Council, both resigned yesterday.
The Slaintecare reform programme was set up in 2017, with the aim of ending private practice in public hospitals.
Labour Party Health spokesperson Alan Kelly, says he's concerned about the programme's future, and is calling for the Health Minister to act
Sláintecare chairman resigns due to unhappiness over delivery of healthcare reforms https://t.co/FwKiK1f1ut
— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) September 9, 2021
Health Editor with the Irish Times, Paul Cullen, says the resignations are a significant development
The resignation comes as a progress report on Sláintecare shows a significant challenge in tackling hospital waiting lists, because nobody will take “ownership of actions and implementation oversight,” @griffinniamh reports https://t.co/EBsoP14PJu
— Irish Examiner (@irishexaminer) September 9, 2021
Social Democrats co-leader and Chair of the Sláintecare Committee, Roisin Shortall, says Health Minister Stephen Donnelly needs to tell the public what's going on
Professor John Crown, Consultant Medical Oncologist at Dublin's St. Vincent's Hospital, says Sláintecare is the wrong approach to reforming the health service:
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