Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 1 October 2020
Public Accounts Committee
Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion
10:15 am
Ms Anne O'Connor:
Some of our units provide such services. For example, residents of St. Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park have access to all therapies, but it is more than just a long-term stay facility. Not all public nursing homes have access to all the therapies. I mentioned earlier that there are challenges in terms of waiting times in certain areas for those awaiting any of the core therapies, namely, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy. However, we know that there is a difference. In some areas there is no doubt that there is a difference between public and private nursing homes in terms of access to therapies. It is a piece of work that we are undertaking as part of the-----
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