Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion
Ms Phil Ní Sheaghdha:
Clinical management must be on-site. There are no two ways about it. We must have clinical oversight. Senior clinicians, whether nurses or doctors, cannot do that job remotely. They have to be on-site. That is a 24-7 job. They do not have the option of leaving at 5 o'clock. They are there constantly, leading their team. When the hospital is in crisis, the most senior clinicians must be on-site, even if that is after 6 o'clock.
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