In her book ‘Irish apartheid: healthcare inequality in Ireland’, Sara Burke gives a compelling account of inadequacy within the Irish health system. This book is a documentation of the failure on the states part, to provide fundamental and reputable health care services in Ireland. Burke also depicts the political greed towards the ever increasing privatisation which has led to extensive inequality, injustice and inefficiency in the health care services of Ireland today. Ireland is the only country in Europe which allows public hospitals to provide private healthcare. The book presents evidence which shows that cost savings or better quality healthcare does not result from this system which is heavily based on a ‘private
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Although there was a unanimous agreement that the previous health boards in Ireland needed a dramatic improvement, it is unclear whether or not the new HSE is a quick fix or more of hindrance to improving the public health care system in Ireland. Burke also explains in her book how both the HSE and the Health information and Quality Authority has imposed requirements to improve the quality of care. While there has been an improvement in some medical areas such as cancer services, there are other areas such as mental health services and length of waiting lists, where the lack of standards and regulations are extremely evident. Due to the top heavy management in the system and the frequently changing structures, the HSE is greatly criticised because of the length of time it takes to make …show more content…
The journal entitled ‘The Irish ‘health basket’: a basket case?’ explores the issue of how perplexing and problematic the health care system in Ireland is compared to other countries. These complications are assessed by analysis which is carried out in the context of the ‘Irish basket’ structure. The phrase ‘health basket’ was coined to describe which individual and health care services are allowed to be covered by public funding and to what degree are these areas covered. It is explained that there are three dimensions, height, depth and breadth, of the Irish health basket which is compared to that of other countries such as France, Sweden, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. The findings from these comparisons shows that the combined level of breadth and height differentiate the Irish basket from that in other
Although there was a unanimous agreement that the previous health boards in Ireland needed a dramatic improvement, it is unclear whether or not the new HSE is a quick fix or more of hindrance to improving the public health care system in Ireland. Burke also explains in her book how both the HSE and the Health information and Quality Authority has imposed requirements to improve the quality of care. While there has been an improvement in some medical areas such as cancer services, there are other areas such as mental health services and length of waiting lists, where the lack of standards and regulations are extremely evident. Due to the top heavy management in the system and the frequently changing structures, the HSE is greatly criticised because of the length of time it takes to make …show more content…
The journal entitled ‘The Irish ‘health basket’: a basket case?’ explores the issue of how perplexing and problematic the health care system in Ireland is compared to other countries. These complications are assessed by analysis which is carried out in the context of the ‘Irish basket’ structure. The phrase ‘health basket’ was coined to describe which individual and health care services are allowed to be covered by public funding and to what degree are these areas covered. It is explained that there are three dimensions, height, depth and breadth, of the Irish health basket which is compared to that of other countries such as France, Sweden, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. The findings from these comparisons shows that the combined level of breadth and height differentiate the Irish basket from that in other