1209. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his plans to standardise referral pathways nationwide using existing IT infrastructure such as Healthlink to aid improved communication between the community and hospital services for heart failure; his views on whether heart failure virtual consultations between general practitioners and cardiologists are particularly useful in rural areas or areas geographically removed from heart failure units or those with multimorbidity; his plans to develop the services to deliver more effective and cost-effective care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21591/20]

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1209. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his plans to standardise referral pathways nationwide using existing IT infrastructure such as Healthlink to aid improved communication between the community and hospital services for heart failure; his views on whether heart failure virtual consultations between general practitioners and cardiologists are particularly useful in rural areas or areas geographically removed from heart failure units or those with multimorbidity; his plans to develop the services to deliver more effective and cost-effective care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21591/20]

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