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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (18 Sep 2018)
Simon Harris: With regard to remuneration, the report of the Public Service Pay Commission on recruitment and retention issues in certain health sector grades was published on 4 September 2018. This report refers to nursing and midwifery grades, NCHDs and medical consultants. In line with the commitment to meet within four weeks of publication, meetings with relevant trade unions have been arranged for 19...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (18 Sep 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Sep 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 Charges (18 Sep 2018)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 544, 545, 560 and 576 together. Officials from the HSE and my Department held two meetings in recent months to discuss the provision of therapeutic phlebotomy services for hereditary haemochromatosis patients. It is agreed that such services should be provided at the lowest level of complexity that is clinically and operationally feasible. In time it is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Sep 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 Charges (18 Sep 2018)
Simon Harris: In 2017, €17m was raised through the outpatient charge in the Acute Hospitals. This predominantly relates to the Accident and Emergency Charge. Therefore, it would cost approximately €17m to abolish these charges.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data (18 Sep 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (18 Sep 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Sep 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 (18 Sep 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: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (18 Sep 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. The Act specifies the criteria for decisions on the reimbursement of medicines. HSE decisions on which medicines are reimbursed by the taxpayer are made on objective, scientific and economic grounds, on the advice of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (18 Sep 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: Medical Card Applications (18 Sep 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (18 Sep 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (18 Sep 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (18 Sep 2018)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Sep 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: Medical Records (18 Sep 2018)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 571 and 572 together. As the Deputy's questions relate to medical records held by hospitals, I have arranged for the questions to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (18 Sep 2018)
Simon Harris: Generally, access to one's medical records should be provided routinely and administratively, having regard to privacy, confidentiality and the public interest. An application may be made in writing to the appropriate service or agency providing sufficient information (date of birth, current and previous addresses, date of contact with the specific services etc.) to help in locating records....
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Sep 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...