Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 17 January 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE
Mr. Stephen Mulvany:
I hear the Deputy, and if he wants to share that detail, we can check, but people can see the numbers. With the latest numbers we have, and we have done some census checking and validation on this, every single extra private nursing home bed we can access to prevent somebody being delayed is of value. There is no doubt about that and we are not saying there is. When we dig into it, however, we find that while beds may exist and be vacant, it is a question of whether they are staffed and available to take an admission in the next-----
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