said the current operation of the HSE would continue “while a process of collaborative design” of the new regions took place over the coming months.The design process is expected to take up much of next year, with the new regional structures expected to come into operation in 2021.
He said in the future there would be a smaller central structure with more power devolved to the regional authorities. The Minister described as “madness” the current structure, under which patients in hospitals are overseen by one management structure before coming under a different management organisation once they returned home and needed social or community services.Mr Harris said that under the reforms patients would still be free to choose where they seek care, while hospitals could maintain their existing academic links even if this cut across new regional boundaries.
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