Dublin South West TD, Se\u00e1n Crowe, has described the Health Minister\u2019s proposed eight-point-plan for structural reform of the health services as \u201ca smokescreen\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Sinn F\u00e9in TD said Minister Harris\u2019 plan reinforced Fine Gael\u2019s ideology of private privilege over public investment in the health services.<\/p>\n
Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe continued crisis in our health system requires radical reform and investment not more Government spin. Citizens need real solutions, not more tinkering around the edges.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the Minister is proposing in his 8 point plan is little more than a smokescreen\u00a0for the continued privatisation agenda that awards privilege over need.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe key issue ignored in his plan is capacity. Our hospitals and services are all but crumbling due to lack of capacity, lack of staff, and a lack of investment.<\/p>\n
\u201cIncreasingly many families and individuals who have no private healthcare and are waiting years on lists are being forced to try and raise extraordinary amounts to get life changing procedures that should be available in our public health service.<\/p>\n
\u201cFamilies, friends and loved ones of people who desperately need surgery, scans, tests or even a consultation are being forced and should not have to resort to private fundraising or the \u2018charity of strangers\u2019 to get health care, but increasingly this happening.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis government are increasingly heading towards the American private model rather than the more enlightened European norm when it comes to health.<\/p>\n
\u201cMinister Harris might talk tough but he is clearly not up to the task and lacks the vision to fix our broken health services.<\/p>\n
\u201cSinn F\u00e9in wants to end the chaos in our hospitals. We want to end the scandal of children waiting years on vital operations. We want to end the chaos in our A&E wards and we have shown how we would do this in our \u2018Better4Health\u2019 document.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe solutions to the health crisis are available but it means taking a different direction. \u00a0 It will inevitably mean a major investment over the coming years and an end to the subsidisation of the private sector.<\/p>\n
“We need to prioritise this because we cannot stand over a system that fails cancer patients, that doesn\u2019t deliver for women and children, that leaves our sick and elderly on hospital trolleys and over 600,000 patients languishing on waiting lists, many of them in chronic pain.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
ENDS<\/p>\n
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