Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion
Mr. Tony Canavan:
That is correct, but I anticipate significant changes. We are already starting to see changes in the practice around discharging. First of all, there will be a joint focus on the problems. Therefore, if the problem is associated with accessing appropriate care in the appropriate location at the right time, it will be jointly focused on by teams working on the community side and also the hospital side. It is not just a question of waiting until the patient is ready to be discharged and then looking to see where we can move the patient to; it is a matter of planning actively from the day of admission on both sides so we are not just dealing with the hospital care but the full pathway of care for the patient.
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