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Section 38 Documentation

Section 38 documentation relates to the Agencies provided with funding under Section 38 of the Health Act, 2004. This is limited to 23 non-acute agencies and 16 voluntary acute hospitals currently within the HSE Employment Control Framework.

Section 38 Service Arrangement Part 1 (revised October 2022)
This document is part 1 of a 2 part legal contract for Agencies funded under Section 38, this is standard for all arrangements.

Section 38 Acute Services Schedules (revised December 2022)
This document is part 2 of a 2 part legal contract for Acute Services funded under Section 38, this provides a standard template for 10 schedules which will detail the individual specification of each arrangement.

Non-Acute-Community Generic Section 38 Schedules (revised November 2023)
This document is part 2 of a 2 part legal contract for Non-Acute/Community Agencies funded under Section 38, this provides a standard template for 10 schedules which will detail the individual specification of each arrangement.

Specific Care Group schedules:

Comparator documents