Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On the employment of a locum or a temporary consultant compared to the employment of a permanent consultant, will the witnesses quantify the quality of care provided between those two different employments? Surely the continuity of care with a permanent consultant delivers much more coherent and long-term quality of care than even the best-intentioned agency consultant or locum. That must have an effect on patient care.