Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 17 July 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed)
Mr. Liam Woods:
When I speak about going to market, it is to seek private providers to be in contractual arrangements with us to provide that kind of equipment which is both CT and MRI, as well as potentially ultrasound and X-ray, but the big demand is for CT and MRI for GP referral. That is part of a wider tender that we are doing at the moment with regard to access to private services as part of our ongoing addressing of capacity this winter. It is likely therefore that we will contract entities, it is not specific machines that can provide a service.
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