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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: Who needs to take those decisions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: Is that delay at political level or is it at administrative level?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: There has been significant slippage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: This has been going on for years. It is another major project that will make our health service much more effective and will give much better value for money.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: The understanding was that we would have the framework.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: The understanding was that we would have the framework by now. I want to know why we do not have it now. This is an absolutely critical piece of infrastructure for the health service.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: When does Mr. Sinnott expect to have it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: Again they are just vague responses. I want to move on because I am running out of time. It concerns new consultant contract. It is very welcome that there has been such a large uptake of it in spite of the committee being told initially that nobody would be interested in it. It is a very attractive contract. We have 272 new consultants at this point. There will be a further 921 who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: It is because these consultants who change over will not be doing the private work and they will not be allowed to up to do 20% private work. Is that the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: They will still need to do 35 hours-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: -----in the public system.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: That is an extra 20% of consultant capacity. Is not that the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: No, I am talking hours worked on public patients.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: So there will be an extra 20%-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: -----in terms of capacity or there should be, theoretically anyway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: Sure but it is patients receiving care.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: Public patients receiving care from consultants who are paid publicly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: That is the extra 20% capacity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: Then there is the 272. It is the equivalent of an additional 450 consultants if you take that additional capacity plus the people who can come on to the contract.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)
Róisín Shortall: Yes, for public work, which is very significant.