Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 November 2014

Public Accounts Committee

Special Report No. 83 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Managing Elective Day Surgery

11:50 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Irish Water seems to have no problems in this regard when it comes to charging for water, but the HSE has not figured it out yet. Did the delegates never hear of PPS numbers? I am shocked to discover there is no system of patient ID numbers. I am thinking of a case, for example, where an elderly person is treated in Portlaoise, returns to his or her nursing home and is readmitted to Naas the following week. My understanding is that there will be no match-up in this case because there is no unique identifier for the patient. I hope it is not as bad as it seems.

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