Good Evening. I hope you can help me to sort out this problem related to the Treatment Abroad Scheme Office in Kilkenny.
Even though my doctor who tried to refer me for a treatment abroad under the e112 scheme - is a consultant who works in a HSE hospital and also the hospital abroad is a public hospital that accepts e112 form of payment then my application was rejected.
First they replied to me that " the treatment abroad scheme office" (in Kilkenny) requires that the refering consultant should be working in an acute hospital thats is why they rejected my application. Later when I discovered that my consultant works indeed in the acute hse hospital then I contacted them again and now they say that this kind of consultant in not an appropriate kind of doctor even though I have been assessed by this consultant since May of 2013 in accordance to the requirements of the hospital abroad.
Please tell me then. What right does have the treatment abroad scheme office in Kilkenny to set own sub-conditions/regulations that are even not included at all in the EU Regulations: 1408/71, 574/72 and Guidelines of the Department of Health and Children.
Is there any regulation stating that the Treatment Abroad Scheme Office has a right so that to require that a patient to be approved for funding under the E112 T.A. Scheme should be refereed by a specific kind of consultant that works in the HSE hospital?
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They even have no right to give any kind of medical opinion at all. And it is understandable that the hospital abroad has its own requirements that have to be meet in order to be approved for the treatment on its own (not the funding). Also the consultant has his/her medical responsibility and sufficient knowledge to make a clear decision about if someone qualifies for the treatment or no.
John O'Brien
Posted on 7 Jul 2014 8:21 pm
Good Evening. I hope you can help me to sort out this problem related to the Treatment Abroad Scheme Office in Kilkenny.
Even though my doctor who tried to refer me for a treatment abroad under the e112 scheme - is a consultant who works in a HSE hospital and also the hospital abroad is a public hospital that accepts e112 form of payment then my application was rejected.
First they replied to me that " the treatment abroad scheme office" (in Kilkenny) requires that the refering consultant should be working in an acute hospital thats is why they rejected my application. Later when I discovered that my consultant works indeed in the acute hse hospital then I contacted them again and now they say that this kind of consultant in not an appropriate kind of doctor even though I have been assessed by this consultant since May of 2013 in accordance to the requirements of the hospital abroad.
Please tell me then. What right does have the treatment abroad scheme office in Kilkenny to set own sub-conditions/regulations that are even not included at all in the EU Regulations: 1408/71, 574/72 and Guidelines of the Department of Health and Children.
Is there any regulation stating that the Treatment Abroad Scheme Office has a right so that to require that a patient to be approved for funding under the E112 T.A. Scheme should be refereed by a specific kind of consultant that works in the HSE hospital?
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They even have no right to give any kind of medical opinion at all. And it is understandable that the hospital abroad has its own requirements that have to be meet in order to be approved for the treatment on its own (not the funding). Also the consultant has his/her medical responsibility and sufficient knowledge to make a clear decision about if someone qualifies for the treatment or no.
So how it is?
Thank you kindly for your help.
John