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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 327 and 357 together. It is understood that the Askeaton Protocol to which the Deputy refers is the 'Disease Cluster Investigation Protocol'. I am informed by the HSE that the protocol is still in use in relation to investigations of potential emissions from industrial facilities that can cause damage to human health. The correspondence to which the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 328 and 329 together. I take it that the Deputy is referring to the on-going preparation for the move to HPV testing as the primary screening mechanism for CervicalCheck. As the Deputy will be aware, switching to HPV testing as the primary screening mechanism will require a reconfiguration of laboratory services. While it is likely that a tendering...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: The Government approved the general scheme of the Patient Safety Bill on 5 July 2018. The Bill provides the legislative framework for a number of important patient safety issues, including providing in legislation for mandatory open disclosure of “serious patient safety incidents” and the notification of such incidents to the appropriate regulatory body and the State Claims...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 which specifies the criteria for decisions on the reimbursement of medicines. Before any medicinal product can be assessed for reimbursement by the HSE, it is required to have been granted a marketing authorisation by either the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: On 24 July 2018, the HSE was requested by the Chief Medical Officer to pause all uro-gynaecological mesh procedures, in cases where it is clinically appropriate and safe to do so, pending confirmation by the HSE of the implementation of recommendations relating to (i) professional training requirements, (ii) patient information and consent and (iii) the development and maintenance of a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: 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. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: 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. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: The Report, entitled The Use of Uro-gynaecological Mesh in Surgical Procedures, has now been presented to me and was published on the 21 November 2018 on the Department of Health website. A number of important system actions to address the safety and effectiveness of mesh implant use have been progressed in advance of completion of the report. In addition, a Synthetic Mesh...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: Our Lady’s Hospital Navan is part of the Ireland East Hospital Group. Every hospital in that Group, large and small, has a vital role to play within the Group, with smaller hospitals managing routine, urgent or planned care locally and more complex care managed in the larger hospitals. Currently, the Hospital Group is engaged in a programme of redesign work to further integrate and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: 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." There is no provision under the GMS GP contract for persons who hold...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: The Programme for a Partnership Government has a commitment to expand the role of community pharmacies in managing the health of public patients.  Any service expansion should address unmet public health needs, improve access to existing public health services or provide better value for money or patient outcomes if delivered through pharmacies, and such decisions should be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: In 2016 the HSE ran a three-month feasibility study, across four centres, on a pharmacy-delivered minor ailment service in an Irish healthcare context. While the study successfully tested operational and administrative procedures, the patient take-up was small (121 consultations) and no meaningful clinical or outcome data emerged. If this is to be progressed, more extensive trialling,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: 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. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: The Medical Cannabis Access Programme aims to facilitate access to certain cannabis products which have not been authorised as medicines by a statutory Medicines Competent Authority. As such, they are not subject to the same rigorous safety, quality and efficacy standards that are in place for medicines, nor are the producers subject to the same responsibilities as the marketing authorisation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: 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. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: 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. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Issues (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: The negotiations on both the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement and political declaration on the framework for the EU-UK future relationship, both of which were endorsed by the European Council on 25 November, were conducted on behalf of the EU27 by the EU's Chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, and the Commission's Article 50 Taskforce. Brexit is a priority issue for this Government. Along with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: 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. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: 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. The National...