Should Ireland adopt a public healthcare system similar to the NHS in Britain?

Ireland has a public healthcare system. There are some things that the HSE could look to model itself after the NHS (especially mental health care, ADHD/autism adult assessment, etc) but the NHS is also in crisis at the moment due to underfunding so not exactly a model system either.

Yes but only if the government can ensure that it would be of good quality, without excessively long waiting lists and poor services and be underfunded and undervalued, and not be subpar like most schemes they run, eg. CAMHS.

Ireland should ensure it has an adequate healthcare system that treats staff and patients with respect

Healthcare system should be similar to countries like Germany or sweden, free for those who can’t afford private healthcare and pay rises for nurses

More effort to be put into making public healthcare systems good. Not just making private services better

I appreciate the NHS's construction, however from what I understand they apprar to be suffering many of the same issues as the Irish system. In my mind it would more than likely be a zero-sum change

I think our healthcare system needs to be improved upon based on what we have. The system isn’t flawed just understaffed and without resources that could easily be provided

Don’t know enough about the NHS to say we should model our system after it but our system definitely needs a change

yes, a public healthcare system is crucial, but it should be ethical, fast and not infringe on ICU speed

I think the HSE is already similar to the NHS. Both have people on long waiting lists, inadequate care, over worked doctors and nurses. They are understaffed. There are large fund being poured into the healthcare system but it honestly baffles me where the money goes because it is not anywhere that helps the people.

The NHS is also riddled with problems and I think better steps can be taken to make healthcare more affordable

have no idea how the NHS runs, however ireland does need to change its public healthcare system but instead of following other countries it should listen to the people of ireland and what they want to see improved.

This question needs further clarification. Why NHS and not Spain's system for example? What about the NHS that is currently different from the HSE? Not enough info.

Healthcare system needs to be improved, no more throwing money at it. Fix the problem, utilise smaller community hospitals to take the load from larger hospitals. Don’t shut down community hospitals use them

NHS system does not work either. We need adequate funding and reform on our current healthcare system. We should also pay our healthcare workers appropriately

In an ideal scenario yes but I don’t have faith this would be completed without the health system collapsing and or public funding taking a huge hit.

With the current system it would make getting appointments even harder and would drive even more people out of the healthcare so unless they can improve the system and proposed slainte care they shouldn’t adopt a public system until current problems are fixed

Ireland should have a health care system that takes care of everyone and is better than the NHS that's much good either

It should aim to be a hybrid, similar to Sweden or Germany where there is free healthcare easily accessible for all. Then a tiered private healthcare system.

don’t care