Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Marie O'Shea:
No, we have not. I am aware that it recently published guidelines for its own members on the management of the termination of pregnancy and the complications that come after that. That is quite a significant step forward. We should also acknowledge that national screening guidelines on ultrasound have also been produced. They contain auditable standards at the back. Organisations, hospitals and providers of that service should be supported to achieve those auditable standards. HseLanD is an on-site learning tool that can be accessed by people working in the health service. It now has a section termination of pregnancy. There are steps forward, but I simply do not know how they effective they have been. Work has been done.
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