Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

HSE Winter Plan: HSE

Ms Anne O'Connor:

As Mr. Reid stated, beds are coming on stream in Limerick, and Mr. Woods can speak more to the actual capacity in the hospital. What is very important is that, as well as the bed capacity in the hospital, which has been a known deficit in that area for many years, there is very significant integrated working. At the risk of repeating what has been said, in Limerick there have been particular enhancements around the community intervention team and the integrated care teams. Again, it is about supporting the hospitals. This emphasis on community is about keeping people well at home but it is also very much about supporting our acute hospital system. I might ask Mr. Woods to speak on the specific hospital capacity.

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