The Government has approved the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy and Action Plan for the period 2021-2023.

The plan sets out the priorities and actions for the next phase of the reform programme and aims to improve safe, timely access to care and address health inequalities by delivering a universal health service that offers the right care, in the right place, at the right time, at low or no cost.

The new strategy was developed from lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic and follows on from the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy approved by Government in July 2018.

The Strategy and Action Plan focuses on two new reform programmes.

• Reform Programme 1: Improving Safe, Timely Access to Care, and Promoting Health and Wellbeing
• Reform Programme 2: Addressing Health Inequalities - towards Universal Healthcare.

Full details on the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy and Action Plan 2021-2023 is available here.