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:

There has been some very good development in the use of technology. The Deputy is right to say technology is critical to the next number of months in terms of enabling the system to work effectively. That has already happened successfully in the past three or four months using software to connect both GPs and hospitals and GPs and pharmacies. The system in the National Ambulance Service, which is a national call receiving and dispatching system, has worked effectively to support testing and Covid-19 response. We are doing further work at the moment to support integrated working between GPs and consultants specifically with such technologies. Ms McArdle may wish to say more about that in terms of the community work.

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