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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

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: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, there is now capacity in place to test 15,000 people a day (100,000 tests a week) across our hospital and community system. While this level of capacity isn’t being used on a continuous basis, the testing and contact tracing operational and resource model has been designed to flex up and down as required to meet demand on an ongoing basis. In the week...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: An arrangement with private hospitals was put in place for the period 30 March to end June in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. This facilitated access to diagnostics and treatment for public patients in private hospitals. The arrangement facilitated the transfer of critical time-dependent and complex services, particularly those involving cancer surgery, chemotherapy, cardiothoracic surgery,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Intervention Teams (8 Sep 2020)

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: Nursing Staff (8 Sep 2020)

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: National Treatment Purchase Fund (8 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by Department officials and a deferred reply will be submitted within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (8 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by Department officials and a deferred reply will be submitted within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1063 to 1065, inclusive, together. I have been advised by the NCCP that the cost for delivering the psycho-oncology service in the eight adult cancer centres and the Children’s Hospital is €4 million annually. The Centres covered by this service are: - Mater University Hospital - Beaumont Hospital - St. James’s University Hospital - St....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

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: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The delivery of a scheme whereby every private patient, i.e. patients who do not hold a medical card or a GP visit card, receive two GP visits without charge would require consultation with the IMO in relation to scope of services to be provided under the scheme and the fees payable to GPs. It is not possible to estimate the cost of such a scheme as this would depend heavily on the agreed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1068 and 1092 together. Eligibility for a medical card is assessed primarily on the basis of a financial assessment. The HSE's Expert Group on Medical Need and Medical Card Eligibility examined the issue of awarding medical cards on the basis of illness and concluded that it was not feasible, desirable, nor ethically justifiable to list medical conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Capacity Review 2018 was clear on the need for a major investment in additional capacity in both acute hospitals and community, combined with a widescale reform of the manner and the location of where health services are provided. The National Development Plan provides for the recommended 2,590 additional acute beds by 2027, and approximately 770 of these beds have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

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: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

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: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: General Practitioners are self-employed private practitioners, most of whom have contracts with the HSE to provide services under various public health schemes. Under the General Medical Services (GMS) contract, GPs are reimbursed for a range of services they provide to medical card and GP visit card holders. GPs are remunerated for these services primarily on a capitation basis, with a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Car Parks (8 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Programme for Government makes a commitment to introduce a cap on the maximum daily charge for patients and visitors at all public hospitals, where possible and to introduce flexible passes in all public hospitals for patients and their families. This issue has been under active consideration in recent years. The HSE conducted a review of hospital car parking charges and submitted...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive, National Screening Service (NSS) has responsibility for four population-based screening programmes in Ireland CervicalCheck, Diabetic RetinaScreen, BowelScreen and BreastCheck. I am pleased that in the Programme for Government we have committed to extend the free screening age range in BreastCheck to those aged 69. This is an important development for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

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: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

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: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) made a strategic decision in 2018 to develop a National Cervical Screening Laboratory, in conjunction with the Coombe Woman and Infants University Hospital. The HSE established a joint project with the Coombe, and a project team is in place to assist in the delivery of this project. The capital cost of building a National Cervical Screening Laboratory is...