The Health Minister says she is hopeful that a long-awaited national review of cardiac services in the South-East will be published soon.

Speaking in the Dáil, today, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has said she hopes the review, which was commissioned in 2019, will be published shortly after she returns from her ministerial St Patrick’s Day visits.

Minister MacNeill had been asked by Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson, Waterford TD, David Cullinane when the review would be published.

He asked why the report was “sitting on the previous minister’s desk for at least nine months”.

Specifically asked about a 24/7 cardiac service for the region,  Minister MacNeill said she is “very, very open to providing the best care that is possible” for the region.

Speaking earlier, on ‘Déise Today’ UHW General Manager Ben O’Sullivan looked ahead to both an 8am-8pm 7-day service (due to come into effect on March 18th) and the potential prospect of 24/7 care in next 18 months or so.

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