Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 January 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Maternity Strategy: Discussion

9:00 am

Mr. Liam Woods:

There has been investment in effective diagnostics, including ultrasound. The Chairman will probably be aware that the primary care service has invested in a range of externally provided ultrasound services along the west coast from Letterkenny to Tralee. This is giving GPs direct access to ultrasound and is supporting hospitals that are already struggling to deliver in terms of total volume demand. We see the provision of more ultrasound as a critical component of our wider interaction with the primary care service and as part of this strategy. I want to make sure I pick up on the thematic point that was made about scans and the NTPF. I am not sure whether I missed anything specific. I can look back through my notes if that is helpful.

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