Seanad debates

Wednesday, 22 October 2003

National Task Force on Medical Staffing: Statements.

 

One of the difficulties in the health service in the North – I am sure it is the same here – is that most people who work in it appear to have a vested interest in saying how bad it is. It is necessary to bring the professions along. Changes are taking place in this area. For example, the divisions between the professions are changing, with nurses now performing certain tasks which would have been carried out by doctors in the past. Many functions are now being performed in the community. Many diabetics, for example, who would have been in hospital in the past are now being maintained in the community. We will also need to enrich the jobs of paramedics. If, however, we look at the wider pattern, it is moving in the right direction.

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