Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 66511-25
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the number of chronic pain specialists currently employed across the HSE. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: November 2025
Updated: December 2025
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Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 66511-25
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent chronic pain specialists currently employed across the HSE, broken down by hospital group; the number of vacancies; the number of unfilled consultant posts in pain medicine; and the steps being taken by her Department to address workforce shortages in chronic pain services in 2025 and 2026.
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