Acknowledgements
The Health Strategy Quality and Fairness: A Health System for You is the result of many months of hard work by the Department of Health and Children, the health boards and many others with an interest in health.
It would not have been possible to bring the work to completion without the excellent input of the individuals, groups and organisations who participated so positively in the National Consultative Forum on the Health Strategy. The Forum was divided into a series of sub-groups to allow detailed consideration of key issues. The energy and enthusiasm of the chairpersons of these sub-groups, and the commitment of all who took part, added greatly to the deliberations on the direction of the Strategy.
The Department received some 1,500 written submissions from individuals and over 300 from organisations. The messages from the submissions helped sharpen our understanding of the concerns about health and the strategic direction that is required for the future. They reflected both the complexity of the policy questions being considered and the breadth of the consultations undertaken in preparing the Strategy. The outcome of the consultation process is being published as a separate document, Your views about health.
Work on the Strategy benefited greatly from the input of an international panel and also from the working of an inter-departmental group which focused on how best to address issues beyond the health services that affect our health and well-being. The contribution made by the various working groups within the Department and by staff more generally in both the Department and the health boards was also significant.
Finally, sincere thanks are offered to the members of the Steering Group who led the development of the Strategy and to the Project Team who drafted the document.
| Mr. Michael Kelly (Chair) | Secretary General | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Frank Ahern | Director | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Paul Barron | Assistant Secretary | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Donal Devitt | Assistant Secretary | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Denis Doherty | Chief Executive Officer | Midland Health Board |
| Mr. Tony Enright | Assistant Secretary | Department of Health and Children |
| Ms. Deirdre Gillane | Policy Advisor to the Minister | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Pat Harvey | Chief Executive Officer | North Western Health Board |
| Dr. Jim Kiely | Chief Medical Officer (CMO) | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Michael Lyons | Area Chief Executive | East Coast Area Health Board |
| Mr. John Thompson1 | Principal Officer | Department of Finance |
| Mr. Peter MacDonagh | Policy Advisor to the Taoiseach | Department of the Taoiseach |
| Mr. Tom Mooney | Deputy Secretary | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Donal O Shea | Regional Chief Executive | Eastern Regional Health Authority |
| Dr. Sheelagh Ryan | Chief Executive Officer | Western Health Board |
| Mr. Dermot Smyth | A/Assistant Secretary | Department of Health and Children |
| Ms. Frances Spillane | Director | Department of Health and Children |
1 Mr. John Thompson was replaced by Mr. Joe Mooney
| Ms. Frances Spillane (Chair) | Director | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Vincent Barton1 | Principal Officer | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Tom Beegan | Deputy Chief Executive Officer | South Eastern Health Board |
| Ms. Elizabeth Canavan | Assistant Principal Officer | Department of Health and Children |
| Dr. John Devlin | Deputy CMO | Department of Health and Children |
| Ms. Mary Dowling | Assistant Principal Officer | Department of Health and Children |
| Ms. Maureen Flynn | Nurse Research Officer | Department of Health and Children |
| Ms. Deirdre Gillane | Policy Advisor to the Minister | Department of Health and Children |
| Dr. Tony Holohan | Deputy CMO | Department of Health and Children |
| Dr. Kevin Kelleher | Director of Public Health | Mid-Western Health Board |
| Ms. Siobhán Kennan | Assistant Principal Officer | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Fergal Lynch | Principal Officer | Department of Health and Children |
| Dr. Ambrose McLoughlin | Deputy Chief Executive Officer | North Eastern Health Board |
| Mr. Kevin McCarthy | Assistant Chief Executive | East Coast Area Health Board |
| Mr. Seamus Molloy | Assistant Principal Officer | Department of Health and Children |
1 Until end March
| Ms. Aodhín Delaney | Librarian | Midland Health Board |
| Ms. Marian O'Toole | Executive Officer | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Michael Smith | Assistant Principal Officer | Department of Health and Children |
Specialist Registrars in Public Health Medicine, Dr. Joan O'Donnell, Dr. Tom O'Connell and Dr. Emer Feely assisted the Project Team during their placement in the Department.
The Project Team was also supported by the staff of the Change Management Unit of the Department of Health and Children
| Mr. Michael Kelly (Chair) | Secretary General | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Seán Aylward | Director General | Irish Prisons Service |
| Mr. Peter Baldwin | Assistant Secretary | Department of Education and Science |
| Mr. Jim Beecher | Assistant Secretary | Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development |
| Mr. Brian Brogan | Assistant Principal Officer | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Gerry Daly | Assistant Secretary | Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs |
| Dr. John Devlin | Deputy CMO | Department of Health and Children |
| Ms. Mary Doyle | Assistant Secretary | Department of the Taoiseach |
| Mr. Chris Fitzgerald | Principal Officer | Department of Health and Children |
| Ms. Deirdre Gillane | Policy Advisor to the Minister | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Seán Gorman | Assistant Secretary | Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment |
| Mr. Con Haugh | Assistant Secretary | Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation |
| Ms. Siobhán Kennan | Assistant Principal Officer | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Fergal Lynch | Principal Officer | Department of Health and Children |
| Dr. Tom O'Connell1 | Specialist Registrar | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. Tom O'Mahony2 | Assistant Secretary | Department of the Environment and Local Government |
| Mr. Michael Smith (Secretary) | Assistant Principal Officer | Department of Health and Children |
| Ms. Frances Spillane | Director | Department of Health and Children |
| Mr. John Thompson3 | Principal Officer | Department of Finance |
1 Dr. Tom O'Connell was replaced by Dr. Emer Feely
2 Ms. Rhíona Ní Fhlanghaile acted as alternate for Mr. Tom O'Mahony
3 Mr. Fred Foster acted as alternate for Mr. John Thompson
| Ms. Jacqueline Crinion | Management Development Specialist | Office for Health Management |
| Mr. Michael Dempsey | Managing Director | Bristol Myers Squibb |
| Professor Andrew Green | National Centre for Medical Genetics | Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin |
| Ms. Maureen Lynott | Management Consultant | |
| Professor Geraldine McCarthy | Head of the Department of Nursing Studies | University College Cork |
| Mr. Tom Mooney | Deputy Secretary | Department of Health and Children |
| Professor Michael Murphy | Dean of the Medical School | University College Cork |
| Professor Ivan Perry | Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health | University College Cork |
| Mr. Dermot Smyth | A/Assistant Secretary | Department of Health and Children |
| Ms. Frances Spillane | Director | Department of Health and Children |
| Professor Jane Wilde | Director | Institute of Public Health in Ireland |
| Professor Richard Alderslade | Regional Adviser | WHO Regional Office for Europe |
| Dr. Charlotte Dargie | Senior Research Associate | Judge Institute of Management Studies, |
| University of Cambridge (UK) | ||
| Dr. Judith Kurland | Regional Director | Department of Health and Human Services (USA) |
