Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion
Ms Kate Killeen White:
Since the reconfiguration of the children's disability services in 2021, there have been increased referrals to primary care for children with more complex needs. The national access policy which I have already discussed is very much focused on integrated services across primary care, disability and CAMHS and all aspects of those services need to be resourced to make the national access policy work. The psychology waiting lists are part and parcel of the wait-list initiative and through increased productivity, among other matters, we will continue to try to bring down that waiting list. There is ongoing discussion with the Department, in particular on primary care and primary care operations around implementing the national access policy in full and what that looks like.
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