Written answers

Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Department of Health

Medical Internships

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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1540. To ask the Minister for Health the way he and the Chief Clinical Officer of the HSE plan to facilitate the commencement and completion of clinical placements by unpaid first, second and third year student nurses who are unvaccinated or decline to be vaccinated and who are due to commence HSE clinical placements from 1 April 2021; the way the HSE will facilitate a person (details supplied) who has a documented medical contraindication to vaccination to commence and complete their clinical placement in a context in which Waterford Institute of Technology has recently informed them that they cannot commence their HSE clinical placement as planned.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18186/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, on 26 March 2021, Dr Colm Henry, HSE Chief Clinical Officer wrote to all Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) regarding vaccinations for healthcare students on clinical placement.

On 12 April 2021, Dr Henry wrote an additional memo to the HEIs stating inter alia that“...clinical placements for all healthcare students (those who have and have not received/taken a vaccine) may continue in HSE facilities subject to students' continuing compliance with public health recommendations and infection prevention and control practice.” Dr Henry stated that this memo superseded his memo of 26 March 2021.

With regard to the clinical placement mentioned by the Deputy, the Clinical Allocations Officer for that HEI has confirmed that all placements in the area are in place.

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