Declan Breathnach (Louth, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The question raises the proposed reconfiguration of cardiovascular services in County Louth and the north-east region but could equally be applied to the 33 units providing cardiovascular services across the country. It is my understanding the advisory group was convened to devise a new clinical model of care for the provision of cardiovascular rehabilitation settings in Ireland, and that its proposal is to introduce a community-based and single-outpatient programme which can be provided anywhere. Will the Minister reassure both patients and staff that there will be no reduction in the service received by high-risk and low-risk patients or in patient outcomes?

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