The National Service Plan 2011 (NSP2011), which was published on 22 December 2010, sets out the type and volume of service the Health Service Executive (HSE) will provide directly, and through a range of agencies funded by us, during 2011, within the funding provided by Government and within the stipulated employment levels. In developing the NSP2011, the HSE's national priorities for 2011 are to:

• Maintain the levels of service provided in 2010
• Deliver the cost reduction and restructuring programmes to enable the maintenance of these service levels on a total reduced budget basis of €962m (€683m net)
• Seek to ensure the delivery of high quality and safe services
• Accelerate our reform programme to reconfigure core services and in line with our strategy, deliver an appropriate balance between hospital and community services as well as best care models in childcare, disability, mental health and older person's services, and
• Implement the national clinical change programmes and new service developments.

In this context, HSE Dublin Mid-Leinster (DML) has commenced the process of implementing the NSP2011, the detail of which is outlined in this document HSE Dublin Mid-Leinster - Regional Service Plan 2011. This service plan outlines the type and volume of services, key priorities and actions at regional and local level across hospitals and community services, arising out of the NSP2011, to be implemented in DML in 2011.