Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society

9:30 am

Professor Pascal McKeown:

Yes, it is also about how we look at best practice across the EU. Rather than reinventing the wheel, we need to see if there are models that have worked very well in other European countries that we can adopt. For example, Spain is now spearheading the development of its cardiovascular health strategy. We could look at this model to see how it works and how it would be of help to any future strategy here.