Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 November 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion
Ms Eilísh Hardiman:
I might have to defer to my colleagues on this. The access to care programme is the funding that has been identified to address the better access and the waiting list challenges. CHI has made submissions across all of our services that need better access to care so as to improve them. We have some changes with some investments we have got already into particular initiatives. I will ask Ms Kelly to elaborate on those that are specific to orthopaedics. We have made those submissions. They are under consideration. I am expecting that part of the allocation in 2022 and confirmation before that. We should hopefully get confirmation of what has been funded and approved to progress with.
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