Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Gloster made reference to the 1.6 million unscheduled attendances in hospital. That figure has not improved over the last 20 years. It is getting worse and worse. People are being referred from nursing homes into hospitals. When this happens, the person often ends up in the accident and emergency department of the hospital. Can we set up a different structure for dealing with that? It is not working out and it is really traumatic for families, for the patient and for everyone involved. Can that issue be reviewed at the present time?