Breadth of issues affecting future of health

Minister for Health Simon Harris set out his wide-ranging views on the future direction of health policy to the Committee on the Future of Healthcare last week, writes Lloyd Mudiwa No one will be rushing to dispute the Minister of Health’s acknowledgement that there are challenges bedevilling our health system that “have been with us for many years”, and his opinion that a long time and great effort will be necessary to resolve them. Simon Harris presented a wide agenda — involving yet another restructuring of the heath system — reflective of the breadth of issues affecting the future of…