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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: Is Dr. Henry best placed to answer?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: No, I do not accept their position. Consultation did take place with the Department. I also have an email form the Irish Dental Association welcoming the strategy. I am happy to show that letter to the Deputy. I want to be constructive on this, however, and it is fair to say that we will have to negotiate how we will pay dentists to deliver the strategy. Consultations were held with my...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: I am happy that we have come back to Deputy Donnelly on this. I know what the Deputy wants and I am happy to provide it to the Joint Committee on Health, namely, the cost of delivering the individual elements of Sláintecare. The reason there is no single document outlining the costs is that several parts of Sláintecare present different options. There are also several parts of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: At the end of July.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: I have heard similar concerns. I met Children's Health Ireland, CHI, on this recently. To make the obvious point, outpatient clinics will be provided in the satellite centres that are being provided in the children's hospitals today. Obviously Dr. X, who provides a service in one of the hospitals, will go out to the new outpatient centre to provide his clinics. That movement will take...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: Yes, I am satisfied that it will bring additionality rather than pressures.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: Not at all. It is a matter for Children's Health Ireland. Perhaps Mr. Liam Woods has details on the arrangements.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: I will start and I might ask some colleagues to contribute. The backlog is decreasing. From my memory it was above 80,000. The last figure that I saw was about 71,000. Earlier I confirmed this in writing to Deputy Donnelly. I will get Deputy O'Reilly a copy of that letter today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: I am pleased to say that the backlog is finally beginning to decrease. I said at this committee before and I am happy to say again that I expect the backlog to continue to significantly decrease over the summer months. We will achieve much better turnaround times. Additional capacity has been identified by the HSE. That capacity is with Quest Diagnostics. It will ensure that the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: I apologise. the Deputy asked about quality assurance.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: Formally the negotiations are still ongoing. The labs that will be used have been quality-assured. I have asked if they have been quality-assured in line with the Scally report and I am told that they have.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: I am more than happy to do that. It might take a few days while the negotiations are finished.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: If it is helpful, I have a specific figure on the backlog which I may as well put on the record. It was above 80,000, as the Deputy will remember. On 9 May it had decreased to 77,000 and on 13 May, it was 71,361.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: Yes, but it is down from 80,000 and is beginning to decrease.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: Yes, but let us get it to good. That is the plan we have been working to put in place.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: I certainly will be going to Kerry. I hope to go there by the end of June. I am sure we can look into making those arrangements. I am not suggesting that people have not requested a meeting but a request has not been brought to my direct attention.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: No. There is no issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: Perhaps the HSE might update us on the implementation of the recommendations in the look-back review.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)
Simon Harris: The group is up and running and due to report to me in September.