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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: We made the appeal for medical people to come home and get involved in the system. Many of them said they were not contacted. The system failed those people. They wished to get involved. You can only make those appeals so many times before they stop having an impact. It is a bit like clapping front-line workers. We said we would deliver childcare for them. That did not happen in most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: One example of what frustrates elected representatives the most is when families try to get an assessment for children with special needs and, it is hoped, the supports will come. However, the team does not have the key people, it does not happen and people move to the private system to get an assessment. When they have the assessment, they think they will get the supports, but that does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: Many of us remember the old health boards. People ask if RHAs will mean the same again. We discussed the importance in establishing RHAs of accountability so that it is not Paul Reid, Mr. Gloster or whoever who comes in and defends the situation by saying the system has collapsed in Sligo, Galway, Limerick or wherever else, but the CEOs of the regional authorities. Do the witnesses agree...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: The Committee on Health has members who feel strongly about it but we do not have the resources to drive this forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: The private route to reducing waiting lists is short term. It is a contradiction then. We need to build capacity in the service itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: This morning's discussion was very useful and will certainly help us with our deliberations on the roll-out of Sláintecare. The committee will try to follow up on some of the points made, particularly with regard to the five pieces of legislation that form the pillars to hold this up. We may be able to find out what is happening there and whether any work is being done in that regard....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: The format of today's meeting is usually ten minutes for questions and answers for each committee member. If there is time there may be a second round of questions. Apologies have been received from Senators Frances Black and Seán Kyne. Name plates in the committee room were unfortunately unavailable for use due to a technical error so I ask all members to be conscious of this when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Twomey. I will now invite members to discuss matters with the witnesses, starting with Deputy Colm Burke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: I call Deputy Hourigan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: I think we would all accept the idea of an expanded role for Irish pharmacists in this area. The frustrating thing for us, especially as Members but also as a committee, is that every week we hear this is possibly under review and so on. We have heard a number of possible ways of moving forward today and we have heard that the matter is under review. I believe there is a general consensus...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: To some extent there are a lot of regulations, even in respect of contraception, so it would possibly mean deregulation in some areas in that regard. Is that what is being suggested here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: As for the expanded role of the pharmacist, the witnesses gave some examples of other jurisdictions. Wales, Scotland and so on were mentioned. Was there pushback in those jurisdictions and, if so, where did it come from? Will there be pushback from, say, the medical profession in Ireland if we talk about expanded roles? Is there an inertia within the Department such that it says it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: There is a difficulty when someone goes to the pharmacy and it does not have their particular medication. In some cases, people might have to go back to their doctor. I presume that in some cases there is a charge involved in that. If a prescription is changed, are there charges? Is there an additional charge for the poor individual who cannot get access to that particular item or one similar?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: It was mentioned that 1 million appointments could be freed up by utilising the existing infrastructure of community pharmacists. Are the witnesses worried that people with minor ailments and, indeed, some more serious cases might find themselves walking through pharmacy doors? Are pharmacists up for that challenge?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: The Ipsos MRBI survey on the most trusted healthcare providers was mentioned. That is reflected here. If the general public feel that pharmacists can be trusted, the politicians, certainly those in this room, would agree the system needs to be expanded. It is a matter of us collectively putting our heads together and asking some of those questions that need to be asked if there is clearly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: This is the first time I have heard the expression "prescription rights". We have heard of other rights but it makes sense that people would have access. That was one of the points made. As part of the meeting this morning, there was a proposal that today, International Women's Day, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health would call on the Minister for Health to take immediate steps to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: Is there any way of speeding up the reimbursement process? Is that slow? Would that be helpful? Like everyone else, pharmacies are probably facing into difficult times with energy costs. We have already heard about increased transport costs from people who are supplying the medicines. At the end of the day, that is going to have an impact on the customer. Is there anything that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: There was no mention of it this morning but I am conscious that pharmacies helped to roll out the Stop Smoking campaign. Are there similar campaigns the IPU feels would be worthwhile to come under the umbrella of Irish pharmacies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Crowe: What is the pushback regarding the shingles vaccine? Members have expressed that it seems sensible to roll it out at that level. Where is the blockage in the system? Does the IPU have any insight into that?