Sinn Féin has released its new healthcare policy this morning, which includes an additional €3.6 billion investment in the Department of Health over the next five years.Sinn Féin has proposed an additional €3.6 billion investment in the Department of Health over the next five years in its new healthcare policy.
The plan promises free prescription medicine for all households, 5,000 new hospital beds and increased access to medical cards if the party is elected to government.today, Sinn Féin health spokesperson David Cullinane said this is the “most significant and comprehensive health care plan ever produced by any political party”.“The scale of my ambition will not be limited to what has been an acceptance of failure in healthcare,” he said.
“It’s not about taking people out of general practice – it's about increasing the number of GP’s,” he said.“I have engaged with trainee doctors, and what they tell me is that some of them want independent practice, they want to be entrepreneurs, they want to travel. “Others want the option of working for the State on a public contract which exists in the vast majority of European countries.The Sinn Féin plan also includes a €509 million in improving access to hospital, €155 million for disability services and €98 million on home support and care for older people.General Election countdown: Harris hints at next Thursday Dáil dissolution