Extra beds will be provided, children’s services will be extended and a range of patient charges will be cut, the document promises. It promises to accelerate the implementation of Sláintecare, the 10-year programmes for the future of the health services agreed on an all-party basis in 2017. Talks will also begin with pharmacists on a new contract and an extension of their role in providing services. The document promises the new national children’s hospital will be opened and building of the new maternity hospital at St Vincent’s Hospital will start once governance arrangements have been “concluded”. The document also promises to “work to end” the admission of children to adult psychiatric units through an increase in inpatient beds and new ways of assigning these beds.

Source: The Irish Times June 15, 2020 15:44 UTC