Leading Edge Group Pre-Budget Submission, Ireland
‘Lowering healthcare costs without lowering quality standards’, a submission from the Cork-based Leading Edge Group to Mary Harney TD, Minister for Health & Children, on the healthcare component of Budget 2010 to be announced by Brian Lenihan TD, Minister for Finance, in Dáil Éireann on December 9.
As part of the realignment in public spending, the Health Service Executive is required to deliver expenditure reductions in the order of €800m per annum while the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes identified €1.23 billion in potential savings under Health & Children, accompanied by a 6,168 reduction in staff.
With offices in Cork and Toronto, the Irish-owned Leading Edge Group has built up considerable expertise in the wider application of the ‘Lean’ principles first used by Toyota in car manufacturing. Most notably, this includes healthcare and the company now has a substantial presence in the Canadian health system where they are helping providers achieve very considerable efficiencies and cost savings without compromising on patient care or outcomes.
For instance, they were recently selected by the Ontario Hospital Association to deliver a series of educational programmes supporting front-line Ontarian healthcare professionals in achieving greater efficiencies and organisational performance. The Ontario Hospital Association represents over 150 public hospitals across the Canadian province which has a population of over 13 million people.
The agreement sees the Leading Edge Group deliver both face-to-face training and webcasts to healthcare leaders as part of the Ontario Hospital Association’s Governance Centre of Excellence.
For full copy of the Leading Edge Group's pre-budget submission please contact us.
