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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Training (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: There are 14 GP Specialist (Vocational) Training Programmes currently in operation in Ireland. Doctors who wish to pursue GP training in Ireland may apply for a general practice training post in one of the 14 GP Training Programmes. From 1 July 2010, the GP trainee intake increased from 120 to 157 training places per year. This will be maintained in 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Task Forces (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: The Deputy will be aware that Drugs Task Force coordinators are, in the main, employed by the HSE and the position is therefore subject to the recruitment moratorium. I understand that the HSE recently sought expressions of interest from staff for the position but no applications were received. Other potential avenues are now being explored by the HSE with a view to filling the vacancy as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: I have asked the Health Service Executive for a report on the issue raised by the Deputy. I will revert to the Deputy on the matter as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill, the Irish Medicines Board has statutory responsibility for establishing and publishing a List of Interchangeable Medicinal Products. In deciding whether to add a group of medicinal products to the List of Interchangeable Medicinal Products, the Board must be satisfied that each medicinal product which falls within the group: (a)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 689 and 692 together. Before a medicine can be placed on the Irish market the manufacturer has to seek an authorisation from the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) or in the case of certain medicinal products, the European Medicines agency (EMA). In the case of Ampligen, because of the biotechnology nature of the active substance involved, any application for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: Lidocaine products are included on the HSE List of Reimbursable Items as follows: LIDOCAINE Versatis Medicated Plasters 5% 30 LIDOCAINE, COMBINATIONS Instillagel 11 ml. LIDOCAINE, COMBINATIONS Instillagel 6 ml. METHYLPREDNISOLONE with LIDOCAINE Depo-Medrone c. Lidocaine Inj. 40 mg./ml. 1 ml. 10 METHYLPREDNISOLONE with LIDOCAINE Depo-Medrone c. Lidocaine Inj. 40 mg./ml. 2 ml. 1 The HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: The HSE is responsible for the administration of treatment in this case, therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: The current General Medical Services (GMS) General Practitioner (GP) Capitation Contract was introduced in 1989 and is based on a diagnosis and treatment model. Section 11 of the current contract states as follows: “The medical practitioner shall provide for eligible persons, on behalf of the relevant Health Board, all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospital Services (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. In the notice for this Adjournment debate, the Senator used the phrase the "most appropriate hospital" for treatment of those serious conditions which he described and I also note his appreciation that transfer to such facilities is essential. One of the key functions of pre-hospital emergency care is stabilisation. On arrival at an incident,...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospital Services (12 Feb 2013)

Alex White: I cannot state the matter any further than I have. I understand the Senator's concern and he has been to the fore on this question and makes his case well, as he has done in the past. Stabilisation is required to be done at an early pre-hospital emergency care stage, and to the extent to which stabilisation is properly done one then looks for the most appropriate facility for the patient....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (13 Feb 2013)

Alex White: Dental therapists are independent practitioners. In other jurisdictions, they would typically work in remote and isolated areas where there may not be access to a dentist. They have a broad scope of practice which includes restorations, periodontal treatment, oral hygiene treatment and extractions of deciduous teeth. Such independent practice is not permitted under the terms of the Dentists...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (13 Feb 2013)

Alex White: There are currently two categories of eligibility for all persons ordinarily resident in Ireland - i.e. full eligibility (medical card) and limited eligibility (all others). Persons with full eligibility (medical card holders) are entitled to a range of services free of charge, including GP services and all in-patient and out-patient public hospital services including consultant services....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Feb 2013)

Alex White: The company referred to by the Deputy is one of a number of companies engaged in the parallel importation of drugs and medicines into the State. There is disagreement between the companies and the HSE with regard to the pricing of the products involved. As this matter is currently the subject of litigation, I cannot comment any further.