Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 December 2020
375. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the status of the national review of specialist cardiac services; the workplan for the remainder of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41029/20]
View answerThe National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services commenced in January 2018 under the Chairmanship of Professor Phillip Nolan and a Steering Group was formed from nominations from interested stakeholders representing medical, professional/technical staff, nursing and patient representatives.
The aim of this Review is to achieve optimal patient outcomes at population level with particular emphasis on the safety, quality and sustainability of the services that patients receive by establishing the need for an optimal configuration of a national adult cardiac service.
Substantial progress has been made on the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services. However, as you will appreciate, the COVID-19 Pandemic has impacted on the progress of the review during 2020, as the Chair of the Cardiac Services Review has played a key role in the national COVID-19 response as a member of the NPHET and Chair of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group. It is planned that work on the Cardiac Services Review will progress again in the coming months.
