Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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309. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the project for paramedics to treat patients in Mallow General Hospital; the number participating in the project to date; and the funding allocated to the pilot project. [3808/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy may be aware, in September 2022, the National Ambulance Service (NAS) commenced a pilot project involving the transportation of certain patients to Mallow General Hospital (MGH) for treatment rather than patients being directly conveyed to a hospital emergency department. The pilot project operated according to strict clinical and other criteria having to be met before patients were transported to MGH.

I am advised by the NAS that the pilot was successful and that this alternative care pathway is now in operation on a permanent basis.

I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter with any further information it may have.