Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. Back in March, admissions to St. Brigid's hospital were suspended and it was designated as a Covid-19 step-down facility. It is proposed to utilise the existing premises as a base for a newly created community healthcare network in south Tipperary, along with it serving as a base for members of a chronic disease management team with a focus on diabetes. St. Brigid's is ideally located as it is adjacent to a primary care centre. As such, the co-location of these buildings would facilitate integrated and multidisciplinary working. Repurposing the use of St. Brigid's will provide us with the opportunity to develop the community healthcare network in south Tipperary, along with the chronic disease diabetes management team. Following some minor works, seven whole-time equivalent staff members will initially be based at St. Brigid's, including a community healthcare network manager, an assistant director of public health nursing, a clinical nurse specialist-----

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