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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (1 Feb 2022)
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 (1 Feb 2022)
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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy with the requested information.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (1 Feb 2022)
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: Emergency Departments (1 Feb 2022)
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: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. While significant work continues to positively impact on waiting times and improve pathways to elective care, acute hospitals have been impacted by operational challenges arising from surges in cases related to the Delta and Omicron variants. As part of the response to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Feb 2022)
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 (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: 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. In relation to the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: In relation to the particular query raised, 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: Hospital Appointments Status (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: 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. In relation to the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe, launched by the Commission on the 25 November 2020, is a patient-centred strategy that aims to ensure the quality and safety of medicines, while boosting the sector’s global competitiveness. It aims to ensure access, and address medicines shortages, ensure sustainable need-driven patient-centered innovation, and ensure affordability of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: 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. In relation to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Commissions of Investigation (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Many thanks for bringing this to our attention. Due to an administrative error the second interim report was published twice. It has now been corrected and the first interim report is now also available on the Department’s website.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The information requested by the Deputy is not immediately available. I will survey the Department and the collated replies will be prepared into a full response to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Under the GMS scheme, GPs are paid a subsidy towards the cost of employing a practice nurse and/or a practice secretary. Payments are made to participating GPs with a panel size of at least 100 GMS patients and are based on the size of the GMS patient panel. The maximum payment is applicable at a panel size of 1,200 or more patients; payments made to panels less than 1,200 are made...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 727 to 731, inclusive, together. 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: General Practitioner Services (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: General Practitioners are private practitioners. There is no prescribed ratio of GPs to patients and the State does not regulate the number of GPs that can set up in a town or community. Under the terms of the General Medical Services and GP Visit Card contracts, the maximum number of medical card or GP visit card patients on a GP's patient panel may not exceed 2,000, or 2,200 if the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: General Practitioners are private contractors. There is no prescribed ratio of GPs to patients and the State does not regulate the number of GPs that can set up in a town or community. Under the terms of the General Medical Services and GP Visit Card contracts, the maximum number of medical card or GP visit card patients on a GP's patient panel may not exceed 2,000, or 2,200 if the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (1 Feb 2022)
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: General Practitioner Services (1 Feb 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: In 2010, the HSE published the first national review of GP Out of Hours Services around the country since the commencement of publicly funded GP Cooperatives in 1999. The report found that there were almost 1 million contacts with GP out of hours services in 2008 and that patient satisfaction was rated at over 90% for the majority of the out of hours services. The report made a number of...