Dr. Margo Wrigley:

We have eight clinical staff working across all the disciplines. They are available every day to see women who are pregnant or who have delivered babies and who have mental health problems. The problem in Galway is that there only one clinical room available Monday to Friday on-site. Women are obviously seen on a one-to-one basis. There is only one member of staff who can use that room and there are seven who cannot. They are trying to see women through video-enabled care, which is good in some situations but not good as being the only was you can see women. On Fridays, there are three rooms available.

The situation in Cork is that they have a base for the team and that includes three kiosks for private video-enabled care. In terms of the clinic space, because there are a higher number of deliveries in Cork, they have nine clinical staff. They have access to one room between Mondays and Thursdays, inclusive, and two on Fridays. We have worked very closely with Limerick. They have access to one room on-site Monday to Friday. The consultant there does a joint clinic with one of the obstetricians for women who have complex physical and mental health issues. It is a lovely clinic to have up and running. However, there is only one room on-site in the maternity hospital. They have hired rooms off-site in order to provide space. From our point of view, it is good that at least they can see the women and it is within walking distance of the maternity hospital. If you are a woman-----