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.