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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The number of non-consultant hospital doctors employed in the health services at the end of December 2022 was 8,014 (whole time equivalents), compared with 6,795 at the end of 2019. There has been significant and ongoing growth in NCHD numbers, in order to support service delivery and reduce average NCHD working hours. Over the past 5 years the number of NCHDs has increased...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for many scheduled appointments and procedures were too long before and have been made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. While significant work continues to positively impact on waiting times and improve pathways to elective care, acute hospitals are still impacted by operational challenges arising from the pandemic and the current pressures on Emergency...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Minister of State, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, has two advisors, Denise Duffy and Paul Melia whose salaries are paid by the Department of the Taoiseach.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Decision-Making (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 662 and 730 together. Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or kind which general practitioners cannot reasonably be expected to possess". Persons who...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS (General Medical Services) contract with the HSE to provide services without charge to patients who hold a medical card or a GP visit card. Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly with the information sought.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive (HSE) holds responsibility for service delivery, I asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Travel (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: The following table outlines data associated with my Department's air travel for 2020 and 2021, including amounts paid into the Climate Action Fund. Under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Circular 01/2020, data in respect of 2022 is currently being collated before a liability to the Climate Action Fund is determined and paid. As per the Circular, this process will...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. In relation to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: During the COVID-19 pandemic the Health Service Executive (HSE) established a Community Pharmacy Contingency Planning working group with relevant stakeholders, including the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) and the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI), to support the implementation of all COVID-19 support measures in the context of pharmacy services and the contribution this sector could make. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Jan 2023)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly.