Mid Western Regional Hospitals Group chief executive Ann Doherty, has welcomed the formal publication of the government’s policies on the future of the nation’s acute hospitals earlier this week. She said the policies announced by Health Minister Dr James Reilly copper-fastened a great deal that had already been achieved in the Mid West. “This is down to the fact that many of the major changes recommended by the international medical experts who examined the best way to deliver acute care have already been put into effect in this part of the country,” said Ms Doherty.