Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion
9:00 am
Mr. Liam Woods:
Sure. Regarding additional beds and elective hospitals, I think the question asked related particularly to the south. As the Senator may be aware, a group has been formed in the south around that specific hospital. Its work would include looking at issues such as site selection. Work is also ongoing centrally on the nature of an elective hospital and the kind of work that would proceed in it. There is health planning work to be completed to determine the nature and shape of such a facility, and it has commenced. Our planning function, both clinically and in hospital terms, is working on this.