Dr. Colm Henry:

What we found from the analysis of when corresponding injuries come into local injury units was that over 80% come in within the opening hours of local injury units, of which there are 13 across the country. The practice for these walk-in, largely ambulatory centres is that after those hours, the nature of the injury can defer to the following morning. The more they are embedded and rooted in our healthcare system, the more patients and GPs are getting used to that model of care. There is no basis in resource needs for manning local injury units 24 hours.