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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the people who are here this morning for their work. It has been a very challenging time for everyone in the healthcare sector, and for those in the mental health care sector it is even more challenging. I thank them and all the staff working in mental health services for their contributions in dealing with this very difficult situation over the past four months. How many beds...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Did the occurrence of Covid tend to be in multi-occupancy rooms as opposed to in single occupancy rooms?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Would Ms Smyth agree that up to two people is not adequate in any one of these facilities?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Has a target been set for goals to be achieved in this area? Is there a timeframe within which we will try to have the single occupancy issue dealt with?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: My next question is about the facilities for staff. I have received a number of calls where staff expressed concern that no appropriate changing facilities were available for them when they came to work and when they were leaving work. These complaints applied exclusively to mental health facilities.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Perhaps Mr. Ryan will come back to me in writing on that-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: -----to confirm there are appropriate changing facilities for staff for arriving at work and when leaving work, the same as those available in general hospitals. From the calls I have received on this matter, I understand that no facilities are available in some mental health units for staff changing.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Could I get in writing a confirmation that each unit now has appropriate changing facilities, be it showers or other facilities, available for staff, who are coming on duty and who are leaving duty?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Will the witnesses clarify the number of patients in mental health settings who contracted Covid-19? What kind of number are we talking about for those who were directly affected or who contracted Covid-19, and do we have numbers for staff also?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Is that for the entire country?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: What is the number of bereavements?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Is that the total number who were in mental health facilities across the country?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank all the organisations for the work they have done in very challenging times. With more than 6,000 people in residential settings, it is significant that people were protected so well. I believe only 166 people were identified as having Covid. It is welcome that the number is so small in these very challenging settings. I compliment all the staff working in them. I wish to focus...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: My point is that there is going be huge growth in the number of people over 65 in the next ten years. It is going to go from 640,000 up to 1 million. The big issue is the challenge about having the numbers of people to provide the support. In the past 12 months when we had full employment, there were great challenges for every organisation to get people to provide the services. That is...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: I am taking ten minutes. I thank our guests for their presentations this morning and the work they have done over the difficult past four months. I especially thank the front-line staff in all our hospitals and community settings. We are facing new challenges. The hospitals do not have the same capacity because of issues around social distancing and the new processes and procedures that...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Does there need to be more structured approach to GPs accessing diagnostics? The big complaint I have is that-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Is the IMO satisfied that this can be fast-tracked in order to help?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: I want go back to the cancer services and how they are coping with the new challenges. What kind of numbers do we need to be able to deal with these new challenges in staffing numbers? Have we looked at what we need in that area and where we can recruit staff from? One of the other issues we have with healthcare is that while everyone is talking about the numbers of people we have in the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: How many SpRs is Ms Clyne talking about?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Colm Burke: Of that number-----