Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion

9:00 am

Dr. Cathal Morgan:

There is. It is called the national access policy. However, it has not yet been implemented. The national access policy is a guide to all clinicians and parents on how to navigate and access the system. If a child needs one intervention such as speech and language therapy, ideally he or she should go through the primary care system. The children's disability network teams would work with cases involving a complexity of needs because they have the range of disciplines available to them.

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