Mary Harney, Chairperson of the European Steering Group (ESG) on Sustainable Healthcare, outlines the mandate and activities of the Group, the financial tsunami that European healthcare systems face and the fundamental challenges behind building a new sustainable healthcare system; and exhorts all stakeholders to get involved.
Mary, you chair the European Steering Group (ESG) on Sustainable Healthcare. What exactly is the mandate of ESG?
"Healthcare in Ireland is very political. Even though we are a small country, people sometimes want their local hospitals to provide a complete package of specialist services, which may be understandable but simply not realistic."
