Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE
9:30 am
Mr. Bernard Gloster:
The Deputy mentioned the Huntington's disease piece, and I thank him for his comments. He raised that issue with me. I went out to, and spent quite a bit of time in, Bloomfield Hospital. I met patients and families, staff and management. There is no question but that it provides an outstanding service. It was funded by multiple community health organisation, CHO, areas up to now and different CHOs paid for different patients. To make its planning more sustainable, I have now made it one single nationally funded service, which means all these guys have to chip in whether they have beds that are occupied or not. That approach gives more sustainability. It is one of the most expert responses that I have seen in a long time to a dreadful condition.
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