Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 December 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed)

Mr. Damien McCallion:

Perhaps I can come back specifically to the Deputy on where that is at but I can assure him it is being resolved.

I will make one point on ophthalmology. There was a significant amount of work with the model developed that brought hospital and community together in ophthalmology to try to maximise the service across both, because there were waiting lists in both community and hospital. Our chief clinical officer has developed a modernised pathway for ophthalmology. This has been rolled out across the east coast and it is intended to roll it out through the rest of the country also. There is a significant amount of work in that space.

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