Health cart before the horse

IMO AGM 2012 Lamenting the aspirational agenda of the latest health reform plans, IMO Director of Industrial Relations Steve Tweed believes meaningful engagement with trade unions is now needed more than ever. To state that the implementation of the ‘Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 — Health Sector Action Plan 2012’ represents a major challenge is evident for all to see. It brings together a series of strands, each of which is a challenge on its own. These include: the impact on frontline service delivery; the scale of funding reductions; the scale of employee number reductions; acceleration of changes in delivery/care models and…