Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. Bernard Gloster:
I know from last week that we have a written reply coming back to the Deputy specific to Mullingar from Dr. Colm Henry and the NWIHP. Generally, as the Minister said, anywhere we have been able to establish ambulatory gynaecology clinics we are getting a massive number of referrals. That was a previously unmet or hidden need that was not on any list, but the time people are waiting is much less, particularly where those clinics are. Dr. Daly is a GP and he will know this. We have seen evidence in gynaecology that, where we build it, the unmet need comes out and it is getting responded to, so even though we are seeing big numbers, we are seeing much more improvements on time.
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