Policy analysis: Palliative care in Ireland
PUBLISHED Palliative care for patients with advanced illness is a subject of growing importance in health services, policy and research. In 2001 Ireland became one of the first nations to publish a dedicated national palliative care policy. This paper uses the ?policy analysis triangle? as a framewo...
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fttrinitycoll:oai:tara.tcd.ie:2262/69602 2023-05-15T16:16:38+02:00 Policy analysis: Palliative care in Ireland MCCALLION, PHILIP HYNES, GERALYN MCCARRON, MARY MAY, PETER 2014 68 74 http://hdl.handle.net/2262/69602 http://people.tcd.ie/mccarrm http://people.tcd.ie/hynesg2 http://people.tcd.ie/pemay http://people.tcd.ie/mccallip https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.07.016 en eng Health Policy 115 1 May, P., Hynes, G., McCallion, P., Payne, S., Larkin, P., McCarron, M, Policy analysis: Palliative care in Ireland, Health Policy, 115, 1, 2014, 68 - 74 Y http://hdl.handle.net/2262/69602 http://people.tcd.ie/mccarrm http://people.tcd.ie/hynesg2 http://people.tcd.ie/pemay http://people.tcd.ie/mccallip 94658 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.07.016 orcid:0000-0002-2531-0422 Y openAccess Palliative care Terminal care Hospices Policy making Health policy Ireland Ageing Cancer POLICY ANALYSIS Journal Article scholarly_publications refereed_publications 2014 fttrinitycoll https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.07.016 2020-02-16T13:54:40Z PUBLISHED Palliative care for patients with advanced illness is a subject of growing importance in health services, policy and research. In 2001 Ireland became one of the first nations to publish a dedicated national palliative care policy. This paper uses the ?policy analysis triangle? as a framework to examine what the policy entailed, where the key ideas originated, why the policy process was activated, who were the key actors, and what were the main consequences. Although palliative care provision expanded following publication, priorities that were unaddressed or not fully embraced on the national policy agenda are identified. The factors underlying areas of non-fulfilment of policy are then discussed. In particular, the analysis highlights that policy initiatives in a relatively new field of healthcare face a trade-off between ambition and feasibility. Key policy goals could not be realised given the large resource commitments required; the competition for resources from other, better-established healthcare sectors; and challenges in expanding workforce and capacity. Additionally, the inherently cross-sectoral nature of palliative care complicated the co-ordination of support for the policy. Policy initiatives in emerging fields such as palliative care should address carefully feasibility and support in their conception and implementation. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations The University of Dublin, Trinity College: TARA (Trinity's Access to Research Archive) Health Policy 115 1 68 74 |
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PUBLISHED Palliative care for patients with advanced illness is a subject of growing importance in health services, policy and research. In 2001 Ireland became one of the first nations to publish a dedicated national palliative care policy. This paper uses the ?policy analysis triangle? as a framework to examine what the policy entailed, where the key ideas originated, why the policy process was activated, who were the key actors, and what were the main consequences. Although palliative care provision expanded following publication, priorities that were unaddressed or not fully embraced on the national policy agenda are identified. The factors underlying areas of non-fulfilment of policy are then discussed. In particular, the analysis highlights that policy initiatives in a relatively new field of healthcare face a trade-off between ambition and feasibility. Key policy goals could not be realised given the large resource commitments required; the competition for resources from other, better-established healthcare sectors; and challenges in expanding workforce and capacity. Additionally, the inherently cross-sectoral nature of palliative care complicated the co-ordination of support for the policy. Policy initiatives in emerging fields such as palliative care should address carefully feasibility and support in their conception and implementation. |
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