Health Service Executive
| Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte | |
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| Formed | 1 January 2005 |
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| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Headquarters | Dr. Steevens' Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland |
| Employees | 67,145 |
| Annual budget | €13 billion |
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| Parent department | Department of Health |
| Website | hse |
The Health Service Executive (HSE) (Irish: Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte) is responsible for the provision of health and personal social services for everyone living in Ireland, with public funds. The Executive was established by the Health Act, 2004 and came into official operation on 1 January 2005. It replaces the ten regional Health Boards, the Eastern Regional Health Authority and a number of other different agencies and organisations. The Minister for Health has overall responsibility for the Executive in Government. The HSE is Ireland's largest employer with over 67,000 direct employees, and another 40,000 in funded health care organisations. It has an annual budget of over €13 billion, more than any other public sector organisation.
The HSE provides health and social services to everyone living in Ireland. Its services are delivered in hospitals, health facilities and in communities across the country.
The wide range of care services provided in the community are available through the 32 Local Health Offices nationwide – the first port of call for community care in Ireland.
Addiction services, disability services are listed, along with the National Ambulance Service, environmental health, public health, and sexual health services. Mental health services are undergoing significant reform at the moment.
The HSE also provides an information service by telephone, that is open from Monday to Saturday, 8 am to 8 pm.
The HSE's organisational structure is divided into some key areas:
The members of the New Interim HSE Board, as of 17 February 2013, were:
The HSE delivers its services through fifty public hospitals and thirty-two local health offices nationwide. The HSE is divided into four regions:
Each region is headed by a Regional Director of Operations, who is responsible for managing all services in that area.
The HSE is the subject of daily news reporting, and despite frequent negative media coverage they have yet to be disbanded The HSE is working to modernise and improve how healthcare is delivered in Ireland, through the extension of the amount of care provided in the community, rather than in hospital, and also through the initiation of a wide range of clinical programmes. These clinical programme are led by hospital consultants, and are going to standardise the approach to our most grave and common healthcare challenges, like heart disease, diabetes and others.
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