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Editorial: After nearly 20 years, farcical funding of HSE must be addressed
Multi-annual budgeting of health is needed or omnishambles of overruns and shortfalls will continue
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Health Service Executive in 2005 it is disappointing, to say the least, to see it yet again dominating the news agenda.
The HSE was established to essentially modernise and professionalise the standard of healthcare in Ireland, amalgamating a number of regional health boards into one overarching national health service.
Looking back, it is fair to say that several key mistakes were made in its ...