Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is correct. It is a long-known fact - indeed, the Sláintecare plan speaks very much to this - that there is a lack of integration between our nursing homes, be they public or private, and the HSE in general. I am not sure GPs and others would fully accept the view that there is no clinical involvement or governance, but I do think it is a shortcoming in relation to the long-term residential care setting in Ireland and it is something that needs to be addressed.

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