Minister for Health Simon Harris TD has today officially opened Celbridge Primary Care Centre in Co. Kildare saying that the centre shows how “that the move toward primary and community care is becoming a reality.”
A total of 12 centres have become operational so far in 2018 and a further seven are scheduled to become operational by the end of the year.
There are now 120 operational PCCs around the country, and the Minister noted that even as he was officially opening the Celbridge facility, another centre in Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, had become operational.
Minister Harris said,
“Primary Care Centres have a key role to play in delivering on our vision of a reformed health service and can deliver better care, closer to people’s homes in their local communities.
“I am pleased to see the very welcome expansion of services that is taking place within primary care, including the recruitment of additional Occupational Therapists; Speech and Language Therapists; and Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists.
“There will be continued investment in both the development of primary care infrastructure and services in the months and years ahead so that we can shift more care out of hospitals and into the community, and in line with the Sláintecare reforms.”
In Kildare this morning to open Celbridge Primary Care Centre. Great to meet dedicated healthcare professionals and announce a new Community Intervention Team will start here this year pic.twitter.com/y0u5bIA0YU
— Simon Harris TD (@SimonHarrisTD) June 25, 2018
Minister for Health @SimonHarrisTD at the official opening of Celbridge Primary Care Centre this morning. pic.twitter.com/eTla7TcRle
— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) June 25, 2018
Great day today for the young community of Celbridge, as the
new paediatric focussed Primary Care Centre is opened – delivered with capital
investment by @HBSEstatesCOH in Community Healthcare services for Dublin South, Kildare & West Wicklow #primarycare pic.twitter.com/PJqWBhWPQH— HBS_Health_Estates Cherry Orchard (@HBSEstatesCOH) June 25, 2018
