Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion

Ms Anne O'Connor:

I am talking about all placements in disability services. The review is being headed by a consultant in the west who has carried out this work in the UK with therapists. We will review placements, consider the decision making around placements and examine how we can get the best placements for people so that their needs, which are often very complex, can be met. That work has only kicked off very recently. We are hoping to get a much better view of placements on its completion. At the moment, we are often responding in emergencies. We do not always have providers available and it can often be some time before placements are made available. This initiative is considering all of those issues because we are conscious that there is a major need out there that we cannot meet with the resources available. We can, however, satisfy ourselves that the resources we are currently putting into placements are providing the best approach to care for some people. We want to look behind all of that.

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