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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Martin Conway: ..., the Minister briefed Cabinet yesterday on the potential increase in viral infections over the winter. I want to check the readiness for that. How are we doing, vaccine-wise, both with the flu and the Covid vaccines? I presume we have plenty of stock of the flu vaccine to roll that out ahead of the winter period. In terms of Covid, are we still in the very high percentages of take-up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Mr. Bernard Gloster: That is what we anticipate. It depends on how RSV happens and when it comes, how the flu goes and what any Covid-19 surge or wave might look like over the period. The whole idea of the framework is that we want to see what the private hospitals can give us that we can use in that period. I would have thought that at the highest, we will be seeking between 220 and 250 beds.

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