Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 February 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes

Dr. Kathleen MacLellan:

In regard to clinical oversight, the expert panel identified very clearly that the person in charge of the nursing home has responsibility for clinical governance within that nursing home, with the support of the GPs. Work has started to scope what that clinical governance model might look like, and the HSE is also working to scope how it might start engaging with the general practitioners. As the Deputy will understand, the key engagement with the general practitioners over the last period of time has been in regard to the vaccination roll-out, but it is a priority and it is part of the work of the implementation oversight team at the minute.

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