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Increasing medical and clinical capacity

Innovative response

Be On Call for Ireland is an initiative of the Health Service Executive. It seeks to bring medically and clinically trained individuals and experienced support staff back into the health service to help out during the crisis. Over 60,000 people have applied to volunteer.

Specific issues addressed and anticipated impact

Undersupply of medical, clinical and support staff. This scheme also allows others in the health service to be reassigned to higher duties when they can be relieved by relief volunteers in less critical roles.

Organisations/institutions involved

Health Service Executive

Potential issues

Matching individuals to roles; people returning to Ireland from other countries to volunteer may have to undergo quarantine before being able to assist

Level(s) of government:
  • National/Federal government

Issues being addressed:

  • Resource management and mobilisation
  • Staffing for medical services

Response contact:

[email protected]

Response tags:

Date Submitted:

8 April 2020