Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Children's Hospital: Discussion

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Under the current system, a private patient gets to see a consultant much more quickly. In a situation where a public patient and a private patient see a clinician on the same day, are both sent for an MRI scan and found to have the same level of medical need, will there be any difference in time of access as between the public and the private patient?