Invitation
Implementing social Health Insurance in Ireland
The Irish health care system is, we believe, fundamentally
flawed, and further tinkering around the edges will get us
nowhere. A radical revision of how we deliver, pay for and
organize health care is needed; a system which eliminates,
once and for all, the two-tier system of health care; a
system which puts patients at the heart of the service; a
system which builds out from primary care.
The most coherent policy proposal made, so far, is to
introduce some form of Social Health Insurance. Recent work
from Stephen Thomas, Charles Normand and colleagues in TCD,
funded by the Adelaide Hospital Society, has outlined the
feasibility and the affordability of SHI in Ireland. We now
wish to consider some of the practical implications of doing
this.
We’ve arranged a one day seminar on implementing SHI in
Ireland. It will be on Monday, the 6th of December, in
jury's Inn, Custom House quay, Dublin. Confirmed speakers
include Peter Groenewegen, director of NIVEL, a leading HSR
institute in the Netherlands; Frances Ruane, director of the
ESRI; and Martin White, a GP from Meath.
This will be a very interactive one day workshop, starting
with talks from experts and practitioners, going on to
small group work on Primary Care and General Practice, Acute
Hospital Care, Long Term Care, Mental Health, and Raising
and allocating resources. We will finish with a plenary
session. Work with us to identify the problems, and find
some of the solutions.
Full details are on http://astaines.eu/meetings/shi/
Registration is free, but spaces are limited and advanced
registration is advised by email to [log in to unmask]
Best wishes,
Anthony Staines.
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Anthony Staines, Professor of Health Systems Research,
School of Nursing, Dublin City University, Dublin 9,Ireland.
Tel:- +353 1 700 7807. Mobile:- +353 86 606 9713
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