Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion
Mr. Damien McCallion:
I have one last point. Post pandemic, we would have to say that we are seeing an increase in demand for mental health services and mental health well-being. I was with one of the teams in the midlands in the past week and certainly that is coming through quite strongly. That is obviously something we also have to deal with post pandemic because we all know that this impacted on people's lives. This will add to the demand for services and hence the need to continue to invest as has been said earlier but we will also have to look at how we organise the services more towards well-being as well as dealing with the more acute illness.
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