Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE
Mr. Robert Watt:
What I mean by the record level of care is, for example, that the number of outpatient consultations provided through the public health system reached 3.7 million last year. We can look at the number of day case procedures, which was 1.1 million, and the number of inpatient procedures, which was 600,000 to 700,000. Regarding the level of attendance, admission and treatment in unscheduled care, as Mr. McCallion mentioned, the activity levels were way up at more than 28,000 per week. What I mean is that overall activity within the acute system is way higher than we have ever had before.
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