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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: When will that information be released?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: When will that be published?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: To go back to the question of the recruitment pause, from the way Mr. Gloster described it, I understand that the recruitment of anyone who has accepted an offer of a job in writing will proceed but the recruitment of others will not. That is random, is it not? Did Mr. Gloster take that approach for contractual reasons? It does not seem to make sense. Theoretically, there could be a high...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to talk about delayed discharges and what is happening in the home care area. Mr. Gloster spoke earlier about what is happening with regard to the HSE’s directly employed home care staff. However, we know that in many areas, particularly in the Dublin area, the staffing is all privatised. Earlier in the year, in the service plan, there was an allocation of 23.9 million hours....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The HSE lost 1.9 million hours in relation to the privatised services. We are told that will not increase next year. Mr. Gloster spent some time telling us about how the demand for home care has grown substantially. How on earth can the reduction make any sense when the demand is growing? There is a knock-on impact on delayed discharges obviously but there is also a knock-on impact on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The reason the HSE was not reaching the target was because the pay and conditions were so poor. The pay and conditions were improved but it is older people who are paying the price for that because the overall hours were cut.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay, but there is a complete disconnect here. The demand is growing rapidly and the supply is reducing. Has this been taken up as a distinct issue with the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am not making that criticism. I want to be clear about that: I am not making that criticism. I am saying this is a key area with a growing ageing population. There is a big demand for home care yet the number of hours are being cut not by the HSE but by Government decision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: But there is a waiting list of 6,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: And the in-hospital waiting lists - the delayed discharge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Can Mr. Gloster make just one comment on the question of weekend discharges before my time is up? Is the HSE making progress on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Is the HSE yet seeing the benefit of the new contract?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE workforce targets for 2023 across each discipline; and the progress to date on each target, in tabular form. [51568/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employment offers made by the HSE that have been withdrawn as a result of the recruitment freeze; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51569/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 243. To ask the Minister for Health the disciplines excluded from the HSE recruitment freeze; the number recruited in each of these disciplines to date in 2023; the total number of staff in each of these disciplines; the expected workforce targets for each of these disciplines in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51570/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 244. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the HSE recruitment freeze across almost all disciplines; the steps he is taking to ensure that patient care is not compromised as a result of this decision; to outline the impact of this decision on workforce planning taking place in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51571/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the impact of the HSE recruitment freeze on recommendations one, three, four and 12 of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Healthcare Assistants, respectively, given that each of these recommendations relates to recruitment and training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51572/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 246. To ask the Minister for Health the impact of the HSE recruitment freeze on the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix and the 854 additional nursing posts announced in May 2023 to fully implement the framework in all acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51576/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I turn back to the question of the recruitment pause and its impact. The point was made earlier that the application of the pause will be somewhat uneven. I also wish to ask about the impact on the structure of staffing. First, what is the impact on promotions within the service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: On the structure of staffing in the HSE, the criticism is often made that it is top heavy. Mr. Gloster told us earlier what he is doing to reduce private consultancy use. The figures published by the HSE would indicate there is an element of the organisation being top heavy with regard to clerical grades. As a general rule, I do not subscribe to the trope of there being too many managers....