Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed)
Mr. Damien McCallion:
I can comment on that. I have been talking to them in recent days. Like all of our hospitals in the community healthcare organisations, it is now planning for that period. There is a range of actions, from looking at what resources can be increased on a temporary basis through bank holiday weekends - the model we have used during the year - to what extra capacity can be used over the period, and what beds in the community can be made available over that period. Limerick, as with the other areas, will have its own local plan around how it will cope with that. There will be some variation between the solutions in different areas.
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