Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 November 2023
155. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he has replied to correspondence from 27 hospital consultants at Letterkenny General Hospital; if he will agree to their request to meet with them to discuss the ongoing issues and proposed solutions as outlined in their letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51246/23]
View answerOn 15 November 2023 I received a letter from consultants working at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH), which outlined a number of concerns and included a request to meet with me. I have been concerned with the issues raised in recent correspondence from consultants working in Letterkenny and the wider Donegal area.
I can confirm that I replied to the consultants on Friday 17 November inviting them to meet with me when I visit Letterkenny on Friday 24 November 2023 in order to discuss the situation at LUH.
I have assured those who have written to me, that I am committed to the ongoing development of regional hospitals, such as LUH. I have also recently offered to meet with representatives of GPs who wrote to me to discuss these issues. In October of this year, I met with the HSE CEO Bernard Gloster and we agreed that the HSE Performance Management and Improvement Unit was to travel to LUH in November to visit the hospital. A six week improvement plan is now in place for the hospital.
