The HSE is planning an 'Integrated University Hospital Network' in Cork and Kerry.
The Health Service Executive has said the 'Reconfiguration Roadmap' for acute hospital services in the two counties will provide a healthcare system that works for the people of both counties.
The HSE also said it will provide "an agreed, shared, vision" on how to provide healthcare in the region and "eliminate wasteful duplication" and maximise the use of resources to prioritise frontline services.