Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 June 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion

Mr. Neil Johnson:

I concur. The first point I will make relates to the plan, or the absence of a cardiovascular strategy. The second is a serious commitment to prevention. The third point relates to a reference I made earlier to the third age cohort. It would be cost-effective to initiate early detection and early diagnosis of many conditions that have an enormous impact, hypertension being one of them.