Máire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)

Emergency surgical services on a 24 hour, seven day basis are provided on the Cavan site, while significant elements of diagnostic, outpatient and day case services are provided on the Monaghan Hospital site. This has resulted in lower waiting times for outpatient appointments and inpatient elective services. Since the reconfiguration of Cavan-Monaghan surgical services, patients can, if necessary, be seen on the day of referral by their general practitioner to the visiting consultant surgeon.

Monaghan Hospital has an important role to play in the provision of health services in the north east. This view was confirmed in the Teamwork Management Services Report, Improving Safety and Achieving Better Standards — An Action Plan for Health Services in the North East, and also in the North East Transformation Programme.

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