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:

The Deputy rightly identified the fact that there are a number of elements to healthcare delivery that begin to interconnect as we move on. It is fair to say that we face a real capacity challenge, and depending on the trend in Covid-19 data and what happens with this year's flu cycle as winter approaches, we face a capacity constraint. We have a fixed capacity against an as yet unknown demand.

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