Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Fergal Black:
At the press of a button, our healthcare staff can see their entire medical history for any time they have been in the prison system. To be honest, we have an excellent patient record system, and European colleagues have marvelled at it. It is electronic and it transfers across any prison at the press of a button. In terms of further development, what we want to do, and the director general will speak about this, is to get that information. How many people in our system are diabetics, for example? That is the information we want to get out. The third part the Deputy is raising is whether we will have access to e-health systems and whether we will automatically have access to patient records from the community hospitals. The answer to that is "No", because they have to get consent. However, we as a matter of course-----
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