Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In an area Mr. Gloster knows well, the mid-west hospital in Limerick, over 50% of people who present at the emergency department are non-referrals. That is chronic. It reflects a breakdown in primary care.

Has Mr. Gloster had time to consider how we can reduce that? We discussed discharge to alternative care, what were previously known as delayed discharges and so on last week but I did not have a chance to ask about how we can address the people presenting at emergency departments in the short term?