Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
Ancillary Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly Report: Department of Health and the HSE
3:00 pm
Catherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
As regards the national standards for bereavement care following pregnancy loss and perinatal death, which is mentioned on page 4 of Mr. Woods' presentation, he said that in 2016 resources were secured to appoint a clinical midwife specialist in bereavement to all maternity hospital units that did not already have one and that recruitment to fill those important posts is currently under way. At what stage is that process? Is it proving difficult?
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