A senior HSE official says conversations regarding the usage of private bed capacity in the Midwest for the winter are ongoing.
Health chiefs have been discussing their overall winter plan with members of the Oireachtas Health Committee, including representatives from Clare.
There are fears that a seasonal surge in capacity demand has already begun, with 87 people reported to be waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick yesterday morning by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
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Addressing questioning from Clare Fine Gael Senator Martin Conway, HSE Interim National Director for Acute Operations, Mary Day, says there is room for private hospitals to assist UHL where possible.
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