Dr. Clare Faul:

For example, in radiation oncology follow-up, there are the virtual clinics, which is one of the benefits of Covid. That was important. We doubled our access for patients into our outpatients and our "did not attend", DNA, rate reduced because we moved many of our routine follow-ups to virtual. These would be, for example, scan results impacting any symptoms. We could bring anybody concerned about them in for a face to face. We found that very beneficial. If somebody is in Donegal or west Galway and still needs to come to Galway or Dublin for an appointment, now they do not need to actually travel. That is a huge benefit and that is one of the pluses from Covid as to how we can use the technology advances in the future.