You may have heard that there is a tender out looking for consultants to investigate how best the DF Medical Service should be delivered. Extracts from tender documentation:
[QUOTE]The modernisation process in the Irish Defence Forces (DF) is ongoing. As part of this process, the Minister for Defence wishes to ensure that medical services appropriate to the roles of the DF will be available on a sustainable and value for money basis into the future.
There are acknowledged and enduring difficulties with medical provision in the DF. A Partnership Sub Committee has been considering these difficulties for some time. In addition the ‘Towards 2016 Action Plan’ for the DF requires progress on the development and implementation of a revised structure for the delivery of medical services for the DF.
With this in mind, the Minister wishes to invite tenders for consultancy to consider and make recommendations on how best the required medical services for the DF might be delivered.
The main elements required in the study are:
• A review of the medical input required for the DF in the light of the roles and operations of the DF.
• An assessment of the current arrangements for the provision of medical services.
• A recommendation regarding sustainable future provision of the required medical input.
• A work plan, outlining the main projects necessary, with timescales and a costing matrix for the implementation of recommendations.
A project team consisting of both military and civilian personnel will manage the project.
[QUOTE]The modernisation process in the Irish Defence Forces (DF) is ongoing. As part of this process, the Minister for Defence wishes to ensure that medical services appropriate to the roles of the DF will be available on a sustainable and value for money basis into the future.
There are acknowledged and enduring difficulties with medical provision in the DF. A Partnership Sub Committee has been considering these difficulties for some time. In addition the ‘Towards 2016 Action Plan’ for the DF requires progress on the development and implementation of a revised structure for the delivery of medical services for the DF.
With this in mind, the Minister wishes to invite tenders for consultancy to consider and make recommendations on how best the required medical services for the DF might be delivered.
The main elements required in the study are:
• A review of the medical input required for the DF in the light of the roles and operations of the DF.
• An assessment of the current arrangements for the provision of medical services.
• A recommendation regarding sustainable future provision of the required medical input.
• A work plan, outlining the main projects necessary, with timescales and a costing matrix for the implementation of recommendations.
A project team consisting of both military and civilian personnel will manage the project.
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