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Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Okay, I thank Dr. O'Reilly. On bed capacity, does the group have beds closed currently as a result of staff shortages?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Can Dr. O'Reilly tell the committee how many beds are currently closed due to staff shortages?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Can the witness provide an estimate?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. We would appreciate it if Dr. O'Reilly could bring that back to the committee.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: We would like to have the figure on the number of beds that are currently closed.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Is recruitment done on a group basis? I note Dr. O'Reilly's comments on Tallaght hospital recruitment.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Will the witness clarify that within her group there are three voluntary hospitals-----

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: -----and they each do their own recruitment?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: This constitutes about 70% of the group revenue?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I take it that there is no movement of staff between the three voluntary hospitals and the HSE hospitals.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Okay.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: But not in respect of nurses?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: What is Dr. O'Reilly's view on whether the structures impede the aim to integrate services?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Does Dr. O'Reilly accept that if activity is to shift to the community, budgets must shift also?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: On the issue of IT.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I ask Ms Day from the Ireland east group to respond to the general questions.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: There is more leeway now, with wider availability of generics which may not always have been there.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: What about primary care structures generally?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: But the group does not have a role in determining the budget between primary and secondary care.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: What is the position on IT?