Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
National Children's Hospital: Discussion
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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I can look back over the record.
I am concerned that staff would be taken from the existing hospitals to staff the urgent care centre. In radiology, for example, we are already 40% short in paediatric radiologists. We need to add that 40% in to maintain the basic standard and then we need more for any additional services. Obviously at this stage the planning is done. Will the personnel be ready to go? Obviously at this stage they will have given notice in respect of wherever they are working.