Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Joint Committee On Health
Issues Relating to Perinatal Mental Health: Discussion
Dr. Amir Niazi:
I would love to say that they did.
We have already identified what our need is. We even know what system we need, but the problem is basically getting it over the line. The HSE said it wants to make sure the software we are looking at can pass the scrutiny of safety and all of those things. That is where we are at. I can give an example, not for the perinatal programme but for another area in the HSE. We were brought to Copenhagen to be shown how good their systems are but when we looked at the whole system, we felt we had most of the nuts and bolts of it. The only thing we were missing was talking to each other and bringing the data system together, which can collect that information, share it and use it. Once we address that area, we can definitely stand over it and say that we are delivering a much more united service.
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