Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Robert Watt:
-----there has obviously been a very significant increase in the number of people employed in the health system. The net increase is a fact.
We all accept we need to do better when it comes to training. Mr. Reid, Mr. McCallion and Ms Hoey have given numbers this morning and I have provided some numbers also. For example the number of doctors in training has increased by 20%. We have set out the increase in the number of GPs and we have set out plans for higher education, including for nurses, other specialties and medicine. It is a fair-----