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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Building on work already undertaken by the HSE, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has now taken over the reporting of outpatient waiting time data. For the first time data is available on www.ntpf.ie. The collation and analysis of outpatient waiting time data in a standardised format will reveal the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Building on work already undertaken by the HSE, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has now taken over the reporting of outpatient waiting time data. For the first time data is available on www.ntpf.ie. The collation and analysis of outpatient waiting time data in a standardised format will reveal the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Complaints Procedures (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE has a well established procedure for managing feedback and complaints in relation to experiences of individuals and their families in our hospitals. The details of the formal complaints policy are available on the HSE website, at www.hse.ie/eng/services/ysys/Complaint. In addition, advice and instructions for making complaints and feedback about a service or an individual may be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Topical Issue Debate (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: A total of 216 Dáil Topical Issue/Adjournment Debates speeches were delivered by my Department since March 2011. Every effort is made to ensure that debates are taken by either myself or one of the Ministers of State in my Department. However the Deputy will appreciate that circumstances will sometimes arise where it may not be possible for either myself or another Minister from my...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: The management of inpatient and daycase waiting lists for patients awaiting public health care is based on the principle that after urgent and cancer patients are treated, then clinically assessed routine patients should be seen in chronological order (i.e. longest waiter first). Should the patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy was informed by the Health Service Executive on 14 May 2013, the National Ambulance Service (NAS) is not aware of any proposals to implement cutbacks in services in Kerry. The HSE is currently considering the most appropriate model of service delivery for South Kerry, to replace the current on-call, static deployment model and the operation of resources in isolation. No...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Transport (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: The Minister for Health and the Ministers of State are all required to use their own cars. The total cost of Ministerial transport in my Department since 2010 and the number of drivers employed is detailed below: Total cost of Ministerial Transport 2010 2011 2012 To date in 2013 €241,154.36 €243,132.40 €239,439.41 €156,154.56 Number of drivers employed 2010...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Information on the cost of photography incurred by my Department for the period 2011 to February 2012 is set out below. Information for the period March 2012 to June 2013 will be collated and forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available. Occasion for which photography was booked Costs 2nd National Patient Safety Conference - 9th February 2012 €317.80 Launch of European Year...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: It is not altogether clear from the text of the Deputy's question precisely what information is being sought. However my Department will attempt to clarify this and will forward the relevant information to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Most document translation work carried out by my Department is in relation to translation from English to Irish in accordance with the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003. For the period 2007 to July 2012 the total expenditure for my Department on providing services through the Irish language was €276,664. Details in this regard for the period July 2012 to June 2013 together...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Building on work already undertaken by the HSE, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has now taken over the reporting of outpatient waiting time data. For the first time data is available on www.ntpf.ie. The collation and analysis of outpatient waiting time data in a standardised format will reveal the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Following an initial review, the HSE decided that a full investigation of the allegations made in respect of state-funded crisis pregnancy counselling services in the Irish Independent last year was needed and was to be carried out by the former secretary general of the Department of Education, Ms. Brigid McManus. This is the audit to which I referred in my reply last week. As I mentioned...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: On Monday 27 May, I announced that the National Maternity Hospital is to be relocated to the St Vincent's University Hospital (SVUH) campus. This will be a state of the art, custom built, modern health care facility. It will provide care to international standards in the most appropriate surroundings, and with access to the facilities and staff of a major acute hospital. The new hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: The management and delivery of the health capital programme is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board is the body charged with the planning, design, building, furnishing and equipping of the new children’s hospital. I propose to restructure the Board, so that it focuses specifically on the capital project. I am currently considering proposals for appointments to the Board to ensure appropriate professional membership with the necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 616 and 617 together. On 6 November last, I announced the Government's decision to locate the new children's hospital on the St James's campus. This completed consideration on the location of the hospital. Co-location, and ultimately tri-location with a maternity hospital, on the St James's campus will support the provision of excellence in clinical care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Work on developing a detailed project time-line for the Children's Hospital is continuing, recognising the urgency and priority attached to the project, as well as its scale and complexity. A Prior Information Notice (PIN) for the design tender was published on 13 June, and this will be followed by publication of the contract notice for procurement of the design team. The intention is to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Estimates for 2013 continue to be very challenging and further cost reductions had to be made to ensure the most vulnerable were protected and frontline services maintained to the greatest extent possible. The Health Services have already made significant progress in "doing more with less" with significantly reduced financial and human resources. In order to mitigate the impact...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Internships (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: Under the provisions of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 it is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE) in co-operation with the medical training bodies and after consultation with the Higher Education Authority, to undertake appropriate medical workforce planning for the purpose of meeting specialist medical staffing and training needs of the health service on an ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (25 Jun 2013)

James Reilly: A workforce planning exercise carried out in 2012 to forecast future staffing requirements as part of the Review of the Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Degree Programmes has indicated that the overall number of trainee nurses and midwives currently undertaking the programmes, 1,570 places in total, is considered to be sufficient to meet demand.