FairCare

Anyone with an interest in seeing a better Irish Health Service should take the time to attend a public meeting on the issue in the Silver Springs Hotel on Monday the 8th March at 8.30pm.

Fine Gael’s FairCare policy will be the basis for the future reform of our health care service. Our FairCare policy is designed to improve the Irish Health Care Service for the patients who depend on it and the staff who work for it.

Meeting details:

Time:
8.30pm
Date:
Monday 8th March 2010
Venue:
Silver Springs Hotel, Cork
Speakers:
Dr. James Reilly TD – Fine Gael Health Spokesperson
Enda Kenny TD – Leader Fine Gael
Senator Frances FitzGerald – Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson on Health & Children

The Speakers will outline our Fair Care policy, how it will work and what changes it will make.

The main aspects of our FairCare Policy are:
Maximise what we have & eliminate waiting lists
FairCare will change the way hospitals work and the Minister for Health will be directly responsible for meeting key targets. A Special Delivery Unit will be established, a similar unit in Northern Ireland reduced waiting lists there by 57,000 in 18 months.
Introduce a “Money follows the Patient” system
Under the current system of fixed budgets, each additional patient is a “cost” to the health service with no incentives for efficiency or productivity. Under “money follows the patient”, health providers will be paid only for the number of patients they treat. Service and access will improve dramatically when hospitals see each patient as a source of income not a cost.
Universal Health Insurance
This system is widely used across Europe and Canada. Everyone will receive a package of free GP care funded by rebalancing the tax system and ending the expensive duplication that exists under our current unfair two tier system.

Full details of our FairCare policy can be found at www.faircare.ie

This meeting is an opportunity for all those interested in improving our Health Care Service to discuss our reform policy with the people who designed it and the future Minister for Health and Taoiseach who want to implement these reforms.