Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed)
Mr. Bernard Gloster:
Nobody is saying it cannot be considered. We were before the committee a few weeks ago discussing in detail the rehabilitation strategy. I think we set out clearly where the beds are profiled for that, with additional beds in Dublin as well as the National Rehabilitation Hospital. We stated that there is a variety of beds around the country referred to or called "rehabilitation" beds. Some are just post-stroke and some are for different things. We are trying to bring all of those up to a standard of being maximum rehabilitation beds. That would also include capacity in County Cork.