Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 January 2023
1390. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the pilot project involving Mallow General Hospital whereby some ambulance patients are treated in Mallow General Hospital instead of at an emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1085/23]
View answerIn September 2022, the National Ambulance Service (NAS) commenced a pilot project involving the transportation of certain patients to Mallow General Hospital for treatment instead of patients being directly conveyed to an emergency department. The pilot project operated according to clinical and other criteria being met before patients were transported to Mallow General Hospital.
I am advised that the pilot project was successful and that this alternative care pathway is now in operation.
I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter with any further information it may have on this project.
