HealtH Matters 57
rEFOrm
PriMary Care teaMS safely provided with treatment delivered
Primary Care Teams (PCTs) are designed to
“to support the preferred
at home or as close to home as possible.
provide an easy single access point to local • That the minority of patients who
health services such as general practice,
model of care significant
require more complex or critical care
physiotherapy, public health nursing, will be safely managed in a designated
diagnostic services, occupational therapy,
organisational changes
acute centre where the relevant
speech and language services, community
have already taken
clinical expertise is concentrated so
welfare and support for chronic illnesses that consultant-led high quality care
such as diabetes and asthma. Primary Care
place nationally with
is available.
teams are continuing to be developed • Support for clinical governance across a
around the country.
the introduction of the
group of hospitals.
Quality and Clinical
• A population health focus for the broad
CoMMunity health and SoCial range of health needs of a community
Care networkS
Care and the Integrated
• Improved integration for personal and
Community Health and social Care social services with clear responsibility
Networks are designed to deliver specialist
services Directorates.”
for integration with other public services,
services in response to requests from such as local authorities.
primary care teams, in line with national
shared care protocols and guidelines. tertiary SerViCeS
they will deliver community care services care services for a defined catchment More complex conditions need to be
through teams such as child care teams, population. the purpose of having defined managed in regional hospitals, where
community mental health teams or early ISAs is to improve integration of acute and the clinical expertise, continuous medical
intervention teams. Further work is now primary care services and support the supervision and the support of critical
being undertaken to agree where these movement of services into the community. care can be provided. While each region
networks should be. ISAs are designed to ensure: will be broadly self sufficient in this regard
• Clarity for primary care providers on some services will be provided on a multi-
integrated SerViCe areaS (iSa) access to secondary care. regional or national basis. this will be
ISAs will facilitate the integration of • Patients requiring a routine, based on current hospital reconfiguration
secondary care, primary care and continuing straightforward level of care can be programmes and programmes of care.
hSe board and national ManageMent teaM
hSe board MeMberS internal audit Quality and FinanCe
professor Brendan drumm Michael Flynn, National CliniCal Care liam Woods, National
pat Farrell Director of Internal Audit dr Barry White, National Director of Finance
pJ Fitzpatrick Director, Quality and Clinical
eugene Mccague national CanCer Care huMan reSourCeS
Joe Mooney Control PrograMMe Sean Mcgrath, National
professor p. ann Scott tony o’Brien, Interim Director, integrated SerViCeS Director of Human resources
professor niamh Brennan National Cancer Control direCtorate
dr dermot power Programme laverne Mcguinness, CoMMuniCationS
Sylda langford National Director of Integrated paul connors, National
Joe lavelle CorPorate Planning services – Performance and Director of Communications
John Fitzgerald and CorPorate Financial Management
PerForManCe CoMMerCial and
Ceo Jane carolan, National Brian gilroy, National Director SuPPort SerViCeS
professor Brendan drumm Director of Corporate Planning of Integrated Services – Brian gilroy, National Director
and Corporate Performance reconfiguration of Commercial and support
services
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