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Ireland’s New Health Contract - The Opportunity

Ireland’s New Health Contract - The Opportunity. Your Country – Your Call Workshop Smurfit Business School Thursday, December 16 th 2010 Hosted by Dr Martin McAleese & Laurence Crowley Sean Collins & Team 087-230 9840/ 01- 26 00 118

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Ireland’s New Health Contract - The Opportunity

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  1. Ireland’s New Health Contract - The Opportunity Your Country – Your Call Workshop Smurfit Business School Thursday, December 16th 2010 Hosted by Dr Martin McAleese & Laurence Crowley Sean Collins & Team 087-230 9840/ 01- 26 00 118 http://www.healthrestoration.ieseancollins60@gmail.com

  2. Objective Provoke interest in how public healthcare can be delivered differently in Ireland whilst saving money, creating jobs and improving services

  3. Context • €16 B has equated to ‘poor’ service • Private health insurance system is foundering • Reduced public funding available • Politicians promising more! Can’t be done • Preventable Illness = 20% (+ 5.8 times mult.) • Illness tsunami is building • Domestic economy is struggling • Global problem (the opportunity!)

  4. Needs to be met • Save substantial monies • Improve public healthcare • Create self-funding jobs • Rescue private health insurers • Provoke vibrant fresh economic activity • Restore national self-belief • Re-brand Ireland & restore credibility • Avert illness Tsunami

  5. Proposal Description • Target eradication of Preventable Illness in Ireland within 5 years • Introduce a new Health Contract that promotes personal self-care • Launch a major scientific study with an international partner on the ‘health restoration of a nation’

  6. The Opportunity • Target saving €3 B annually • Create self-funding jobs (4,000-10,000) • Provoke domestic economic activity (agriculture, exports, fitness. health tourism etc) • Restore fairness and improve health care • Recover national pride & enable participation • Stem future illness tsunami • Rebrand Ireland as a leader

  7. Evidence for Potential • World Health Organisation • National studies on smoking, obesity, vascular diseases and preventable cancers • Published studies in major peer reviewed journals (Blackburn, Ornish, Esselstyne etc)

  8. Strengths of Proposal • Simple to instigate and rapid to deploy • No infrastructure or major expenditure required • Evidence based • Fair • There is no competition • Its all good news!

  9. Essential Ingredients/Steps? • Cross party agreement to investigate and develop the concept • Academic support in investigating and developing the concept • An International Research Partner • A Plan and timescale for delivery

  10. Ireland’s New Health Contract The Opportunity Sean Collins 087-230 9840/ 01- 26 00 118 seancollins60@gmail.com

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