Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Use of Private Hospitals

Mr. Martin Varley:

There has never been a mechanism to deal with that as the two systems operated quite well independently with some integration. There was not a mechanism to that effect. We must also allow for the fact that in a crisis, the time and management availability to deal with this was quite limited. I am not saying this is an excuse for not doing it but the reality is it did not need to be done if a practical arrangement was put in place for WTPPs to look after their patients. That was quite feasible and doable in the circumstances.

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