Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

When the National Association of General Practitioners was before the committee last week or the previous week, the issue of referral was raised. We were told the law effectively precludes a doctor from giving the file of a patient to medics in the UK. The professor has experience as a psychiatrist who often deals with people with very complex psychiatric needs. As a professional at the height of her game, how does Professor O'Keane feel about sending a women away with a file under her arm which might relate to a long and complex psychiatric history? Does she sit in her office feeling stressed over what will happen on the other side? As a medical person and a professional, how does she feel about sending that patient that she has cared for away on her own?