The Development and networking of Irish Primary Care Medical Services

1. Imagine
• Imagine if every patient, who really needed a
bed in hospital, had a bed available.
• Imagine if many more people could be
effectively treated for chronic disease in their
local communities.
• Imagine if these two events were connected
and cost less for better health outcomes.

2. Reform is Essential
• Working within budget constraints
Change of culture
Change of policy
Willingness to communicate
Result driven

3. Partnership
• Working with key stakeholders
HSE
DoH
HIQA
Community health services
Secondary care
Mental health

4. Keeping within budget
• Keeping patients out of secondary Care
• Keeping patients in the community
• Delivering better outcomes in the community

5. Measured investment
• Providing resources
Vaccines
Diabetes
COPD
Targeted referrals

6. Frontline resourcing
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More GPs
More Practice Nurses
More Asthma Nurses
More Diabetic Nurses

7. Primary Care Resource
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Physiotherapy
Dietetics
Retinopathy
Podiatry
Mental Health

8. The Future
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Diabetes, COPD, Vaccines, Chronic Disease
Support services
Reduced referrals
More nurses
More GPs

9. Imagine
• Imagine if every patient, who really needed a
bed in hospital, had a bed available.
• Imagine if many more people could be
effectively treated for chronic disease in their
local communities.
• Imagine if these two events were connected
and cost less for better health outcomes.