The HSE is a large organisation of over 100,00 people, whose job is to run all of the public health services in Ireland. The HSE manages services through a structure designed to put patients and clients at the centre of the organisation. 

The HSE Code of Governance provides an overview of the principles, policies, procedures and guidelines by which the HSE directs and controls its functions and manages its business, it is intended to guide the Board, the management team and all those working within the HSE and the agencies funded by the HSE, in performing their duties to the highest standards of accountability, integrity and propriety.

The HSE Code of Governance was first approved by the Minister for Health and Children in 2007. The Code has been reviewed and updated in line with best practice and to ensure it meets the requirements of the Code of Practice for the Governance of State bodies (2009). The revised Code was approved by the Minster for Health in August 2011.

Click here to view a PDF of the HSE Organisational Chart, and read more about our areas of work below.

• Integrated Services - including services in the community, hospital services and ambulance services. All of the services provided by to the public are delivered through four regions - Dublin Mid Leinster, Dublin North East, West and South
• Clinical Strategy and National Clinical Programmes
• National Cancer Control Programme
• Human Resources
• Finance
• Communications
• Internal Audit
• Information and Communications Technology
• Estates
• Procurement 
• Board Affairs
• Consumer Affairs / Advocacy Unit
• Regional Health Offices
• Corporate Planning and Corporate Performance |
• Corporate Pharmaceutical Unit
• Medical Exposure Radiation Unit (MER Unit)

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