Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 October 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin

1:40 pm

Dr. Peter Boylan:

My understanding about the position in the UK – Professor Arulkumaran will probably correct me – is that because most terminations are done outside the NHS, trainees are not gaining the skill-sets. As a result, they are uncomfortable with doing something that they do not have the skill-set to do. I think it might be better if Professor Arulkumaran were to elaborate on that.