‘Speeches’

Pictured: Jerry Flannery, former Irish rugby player and Minister for Health Dr James Reilly, T.D. pictured today at the launch of Back-Up by Aviva Health Insurance

Speaking at the launch of Back-Up at Aviva Stadium, Minister Reilly said,

 “I very much welcome this innovative case management initiative which provides advice on prevention, treatment and rehabilitation for neck and back pain.  It complements this Government’s policy of strengthening primary care services and ensuring that, to the greatest extent possible, care needs are met in the primary care setting.  Our aim is to provide up to 95% of health and social care services in local communities and this will be achieved by increasing activity in the primary care setting and redirecting health services away from acute hospitals to the community.  I am confident that this initiative can play a part in achieving this aim.”

16th May – Minister Reilly Speech at Aviva

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Minister for Health James Reilly launches National Office of Clinical Audit. From left Mr Ken Mealy, and Clinical Lead of the National Office of Clinical Audit; Prof Eilis McGovern, President of RCSI ; Minister for Health, James Reilly TD ; and Dr Philip Crowley, HSE National Director for Quality and Patient Safety, at the launch of the new National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).

Minister for Health Dr James Reilly T.D. today launched the new National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). NOCA will design, develop and implement national clinical audit programmes in order to improve patient outcomes and promote patient safety in hospitals

Speaking at the launch, Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly T.D. said “Clinical audits aim to assess the extent to which care is consistent with best practice. It also assesses the extent to which care achieves expected outcomes. The establishment of the National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) will provide a sustainable governance structure to advance national clinical audits and will bring Ireland in line with international best practice. Clinical audit is a quality improvement process that seeks to improve patient care and outcomes through systematic review of care against measurable criteria. The establishment of NOCA supports improvements to clinical practice and service delivery in order to benefit the patient. Put simply this is about making sure that patients are getting the best treatments performed properly.”  Listen to Minister Reilly speech on page 2..

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Minister Reilly speech at the RCSI on the 16th May
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