Workforce Planning, Agency Governance and Clinical Indemnity Unit

Functions and Responsibilities
Contact this Unit
Legislation
Agencies/Service Providers/Working Groups
Publications
Other useful links
Section 15 FOI

Functions and Responsibilities

Education and Training for healthcare staff
Workforce planning strategy for the health services
Medical Practitioners (Amendment) (Medical Indemnity) Bill
Processing of 'Statement of need' requests for Irish doctors applying for J1 visas.
Governance relating to:

An Bord Altranais
Medical Council

Management of issues relating to clinical indemnity including:

Clinical Indemnity Scheme
Caps on indemnity for consultants in private practice not covered by Clinical Indemnity Scheme
Medical Defence Union refusal High Court Cases

Implement Government policy in the Department’s agencies relating to:

Pay and conditions of employment
Employment numbers (Employment Control Framework)
Agency rationalisation
Corporate governance (including appointments to Boards and fees of Board members)

Monitor compliance with Part V of the Disability Act 2005 by public bodies

Contact this Unit

Principal Officer	Mr. Charlie Hardy
Assistant Principal Officers	Ms. Kara Prole
	Mr. Brendan Murphy
	Mr. Pat Clifford

Telephone: 00353 (1) - 635 4000

Fax: 00353 (1) - 671 1651

Legislation

Agencies/Service Providers/Working Groups

Joint Department of Health/Department of Education and Skills Inter-Departmental Policy Steering Group on Medical Education and Training

Joint Department of Health/HSE Working Group on Workforce Planning in the Health Service

Review of Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Degree Programmes

Publications

Section 15 FOI

Record Classes

Non Personal: administrative records relating to the functions of the unit (e.g. briefing material, PQ replies, records of meetings, etc

Personal: Ministerial Representations; applications for pre-retirement initative and early retirement scheme for nurses; individual correspondence (including pension queries); and legal cases

Significant Systems

Administrative systems in line with the running of the unit

Personal Information Holdings

Personal information may be contained in Ministerial Representations, individual correspondence (including pension queries) or legal case files

Purpose

Personal information is used to investigate individual cases with relevant agency and provide information to relevant individual or for forwarding to appropriate agency

Disclosees

Minister or individuals within the relevant agency

Notes: including information on admin access practice, Ebriefs, etc.

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