Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Paul Reid:
I am more than happy to take up the case separately if Deputy Burke sends me the details. I do wish to stress that some areas are more mature than others in terms of this process. We are increasingly seeing geriatricians in particular, and multidisciplinary teams in those community intervention teams, in those older persons' teams. We now have significant areas of the country covered. I know the Deputy said that it is a urban area. There have been significant advances. I have personally seen people getting their care in a much better way. My colleague, Ms Crehan-Roche, was with me where we met a 92-year old getting their care managed in a primary care centre from a geriatrician.
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