Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 May 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (Resumed)
Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Ms Anne O'Connor:

I am not too sure what date the Deputy's data on exits is from. We are certainly seeing more people leaving now in terms of our public health nursing workforce, and that is a concern for us. On community services, one of the things that is shifting with enhanced community care, ECC, is the development of an approach around nursing teams. We are challenged and are having considerable work to recruit clinical specialists for the community.