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:

It is. I would not want people to think that people in public nursing homes have ready access to all of these therapies either because that is not the case nationally. There is a significant difference in different areas depending on the resource available. I would say, though, that as part of our development of our community health networks and our integrated care teams for older persons, and certainly based on the learning we have had from Covid with our Covid response teams, we are developing that view. Certainly, as part of the implementation of the expert group, it is something that we are going to prioritise in terms of examining what is available and how we can support populations regardless of where they live.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.