Wednesday 4 November 2015

Hamilton to announce ‘biggest health system shake-up’ in five years

Stormont Health Minister Simon Hamilton is expected to announce the biggest shake-up in Northern Ireland’s health system in five years.

The BBC understands that he will outline a new management structure for the local health care system.

It comes in response to a review that recommended redesigning the system to make it simpler and more efficient.

The review said Northern Ireland had too many hospitals for its 1.8m population.

It was published in January by Sir Liam Donaldson, the former Chief Medical Officer for England.

It suggested setting up an international panel of experts to redesign the local health system so that expertise is no longer thinly spread. For the full article click here



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