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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