Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I get all of that. I am referring specifically to the number of beds needed. The figure of 2,600 applies in a scenario where everything is done correctly, which is not possible, even with the best will in the world. No country in the world can do everything right. Are we not essentially planning to have too few beds? If the minimum conceivable extra number of beds is 2,600 and the experts are saying it is probably several thousand more than that, are we in danger of planning to fail and of almost guaranteeing failure?
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