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- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: All the hospitals who participate in the national casemix programme are actively encouraged to make submission on issues of concern to them to the casemix technical group in my Department, who are responsible for reviewing cost and activity data for inclusion in the budget model. Local management was invited to make a submission on the matter of its own unique local issues, which it did....
- Written Answers — Hospital Hygiene: Hospital Hygiene (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: Robust infection control measures and improved hospital hygiene have been identified as key actions required to control the spread of health care associated infections, HCAIs. To assess the extent of good hygiene practices in hospitals the first ever national hygiene audit of acute hospitals was carried out last year. The results of the first hygiene audit will form the basis for the changes...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156 and 162 together. My Department has made additional revenue funding of â¬2.3 million available to BreastCheck this year to, inter alia, provide for the recruitment and training of staff to commence the national rollout of the screening programme in 2007. BreastCheck has advertised for lead consultant radiologists and radiographers for the two new clinical...
- Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158, 343 and 345 together. For the purposes of the surveillance, prevention and control of this infection the Health Protection Surveillance Centre collects data on MRSA bacteraemia, also known as bloodstream infection or blood poisoning, as part of the European antimicrobial resistance surveillance system, EARSS. The EARSS collects data on the first episode...
- Written Answers — Medical Inquiries: Medical Inquiries (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 159 and 327 together. Following the death of Mr. Patrick Walsh in Monaghan Hospital on 14 October 2005 the Health Service Executive commissioned Mr. Patrick Declan Carey, a consultant surgeon at Belfast City Hospital and an honorary senior lecturer at Queen's University, and Professor John Monson, Professor of Surgery, University of Hull, to carry out an...
- Written Answers — Medical Inquiries: Medical Inquiries (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 160 and 211 together. The Health Service Executive has established an investigation team to comprehensively review services provided by the executive to Ms Evelyn Joel over the period January 2004 to January 2006. The terms of reference for the review are: 1. To review the scope, range and level of services provided by the HSE to Ms. Evelyn Joel, during the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: It is my intention that all members of the public should be aware of management's proposals regarding the new contract. This will help to ensure that the public understands the rationale behind these proposals and the positive outcomes that will result from their implementation. To this end the HSE has provided this information to media outlets.
- Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: There is a common list of reimbursable medicines for the general medical services and drug payment schemes, which is reviewed and amended monthly as new products become available and deletions are notified. The product referred to by the Deputy has not been deleted from the list. An agreement is in place between the Department of Health and Children, the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: According to the most recent Health Service Executive-employers agency survey of nursing resources, recruitment remains ahead of resignations and retirements. Employers reported that 1,131 vacancies existed at 30 September 2005 â an increase of 13 compared to the previous quarter. This gives a vacancy rate of 3.24%. The vacancy figures should be seen in the context of overall employment...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 173 and 184 together. Management met the Irish Medical Organisation and the Irish Hospital Consultants Association on 24 November 2005, 7 December 2005 and 26 January 2006. At the latter meeting, management presented its proposals on a new consultants' contract. I hope negotiations will proceed as expeditiously as possible within the coming months.
- Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The Department of Health and Children referred the article referred to by the Deputy to the Irish expert body on fluorides and health in November last. The Irish expert body on fluorides and health was established to oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the forum on fluoridation and to advise the Minister for Health and Children on new and emerging issues including any new...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: Based on information supplied by the Health Service Executive, HSE, the number of persons covered for services under the general medical services, GMS, scheme in 1997 was 1,292,852. The cost of providing general practitioner services and drugs and medicines to a population of this scale under the GMS scheme in 2006 is estimated to be in the region of â¬1.7 billion. This figure is based on...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy. Given the â¬9 million...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The 2003 public health doctors agreement was negotiated between my Department, the Health Service Executive, HSE, and the Irish Medical Organisation, IMO, the representative body of public health doctors. This agreement allowed for 60 posts of director of public health medicine, DPH, specialist in public health medicine, SPHM, 30 posts of specialist registrars, SpR, 94 senior medical officer,...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Harney: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.