Written answers

Wednesday, 21 June 2017

Photo of Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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225. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the review of medical assessment units, urgent care centres and minor injuries clinics; his plans to extend their daily hours of opening and to provide weekend opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27909/17]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Medical Assessment Units (MAUs), Minor Injuries Clinics and similar units provide valuable services to local communities and alleviate the pressures on EDs. MAUs facilitate the immediate medical assessment, diagnosis and treatment of medical patients who suffer from a wide range of medical conditions who present to, or from within, a hospital requiring urgent or emergency care.

The Programme for a Partnership Government recognises the contribution of MAUs, Urgent Care Clinics and Minor Injury Clinics, and commits to a review of such clinics, acknowledging that some of these facilities have limited hours of operation.

The Department is committed to undertaking the Review, as outlined in the Programme for a Partnership Government, with a view to extending their hours of opening and weekend opening. In considering the opening hours of MAUs, the Review will have particular regard to the distance from the nearest ED and existing workloads. Work on this Review is progressing in 2017.

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