Minister for Health publishes the Sláintecare Progress Report 2022 and Action Plan 2023. 28/03/2023

Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, has published the Sláintecare Progress Report 2022 and Action Plan 2023.

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/bfe4f-minister-for-health-publishes-slaintecare-progress-report-2022-and-action-plan-2023/

  • 2022 highlights include: Sláintecare Consultant Contract; Public Hospital Inpatient Charges for Children Abolished; Elective Hospitals Approved in Principle; Waiting Lists Reduction of 11% for those exceeding Sláintecare Maximum Wait Times; Free Contraception Scheme; Increasing capacity (hospital and critical care beds); Additional frontline health and social care staff
  • 2023 areas of focus include: Enhanced Community Care programme; Waiting List Action Plan; Workforce Planning; Regional Health Areas; Surgical Hubs; eHealth