James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Addressing the question to the HSE, does it have a particular view on this? To be clear, the point I am making is about a live patient system that a doctor can log on to in order to see exactly what medication a certain patient has, the underlying health conditions they may have and their full patient history. What I am hearing is that much of this is paper-based, that there is still not an up-to-date system and that it is a nightmare to get documentation from other hospitals if the patients are in a particular healthcare facility where they were not previously receiving care for a particular health condition. I know that is a bit longwinded but I am just asking what has been done to address that.