The HSE says it will continue development of the National Rehabilitation Hospital, the National Maternity Hospital, trauma centres, elective care centres, specialist mental health bed provision and future disability service capacity requirements as part of its three-year Corporate Plan, 2025 – 2027.
The plan’s main focuses are on social factors in healthcare, providing safe care tailored to individual needs, digitalising health services and prioritising care closer to home.
The Corporate Plan reveals significant differences in health quality between different groups of people. It examines how healthcare and social factors impact health outcomes.
“Our Corporate Plan prioritises helping people to stay well for longer, with emphasis on those most in need and the underserved. It aims to provide safe, effective, and evidence-based care tailored to patient needs,” said a spokesperson.
“The digitalisation of health services is a key part of the HSE Corporate Plan. Digital health is key to transforming how we provide health and social care services. It improves health outcomes and the overall care experience for our patients.
“The Plan focuses on improving efficiency and productivity while prioritising high-quality care closer to home. It will take advantage of the unique opportunity presented by the 6 new health regions and 20 integrated health areas.
“We will ensure people can access services when they need them through:
- Reducing waiting times with a focus on those at highest risk.
- Easing emergency department congestion.
- Improving access to health services for underserved groups”
It said its workforce, governance and information technology provides the foundation for service delivery.
This commitment included several measures to strengthen these key health service assets.
This involves:
- Multidisciplinary staff development and leadership training.
- Promoting a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
- Digital implementation.
The Corporate Plan priorities are, healthy communities, receiving the right care. receiving care in the right place, receiving care at the right time and strong foundations.
“We aim to improve health and wellbeing through:
- National screening programmes.
- Immunisation programmes.
- Implementing the women’s health action plan.
- Oral health promotion.
- Longer term health service planning.
“To improve overall health, we will provide support for:
- Healthy childhoods.
- Healthy ageing.
- Health equity.
- Prevention through public education and suicide reduction
“We will ensure people receive safe and coordinated care by:
- Implementing effective and efficient clinical pathways and models of care.
- Extending operating hours.
- Reducing unnecessary diagnostics.
- Improving appropriate medication management.
- Ensuring consistent patient experience, outcomes and safety.
- Implementing the HSE Strategy for Laboratory Services.
- Partnering with patients, service users and the voluntary sector.
“We will ensure people receive care in the setting most appropriate to their needs through:
- Delivering care closer to home.
- Delivering more care in the community.
- Enhancing children’s palliative care.
- Extending alternate care pathways by the National Ambulance Service.
- Increasing the number of beds and local injury units with the opening of the new Children’s Hospital and 6 surgical hubs.
