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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Scoliosis in children and young people is predominantly managed at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin. The hospital has an agreed capacity to carry out 58 full spinal cases per year as part of its annual Service Level Agreement with the Health Service Executive. A total of 68 full spinal surgeries were carried out in 2013 (10 more than funded). In total, 147 spinal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I am advised by the HSE that all available historic records for Erinville Hospital are stored in an offsite storage facility.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As part of the 2013 outpatient waiting list initiative, Letterkenny General Hospital outsourced outpatient consultations in respect of a total of 2,722 patients. 919 of these patients were seen and discharged back to GP care, with no further intervention required. 953 patients were deemed to require diagnostic investigation. These tests have been approved and are being scheduled by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I am advised by the HSE that birth registers-labour ward entries, theatre and admission registers from 1963, and theatre records from 1967 are held on site in the healthcare records department in the Rotunda Hospital. Operating theatre books from 1941 to 1967 are held in the National Archives.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Midwifery Services (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I will answer the first part of the question put down by the Deputy. As the second issue raised is an operational matter, I have forwarded it to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them. I have been informed by the HSE that the total number of clients of Ms...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I will answer the first part of the question put down by the Deputy. As the second issue raised is an operational matter, I have forwarded it to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them. A National Maternity Strategy is being developed by my Department in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: My Department, in conjunction with the HSE, is currently preparing a National Maternity Strategy, which will provide the strategic direction for the optimal development of safe and high quality maternity services. As a first step a review of national and international literature on the organisation and delivery of maternity services was commissioned by my Department. This review has now...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Breast cancer survival rates in Ireland have improved significantly in recent years through a combined approach of screening, symptomatic detection and improved treatment. Additional funding is being provided to commence the extension of the BreastCheck screening programme next year to women aged 65 to 69 years of age. Screening of the extended cohort will commence towards the end of 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Company Payments (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Act 1970 (as amended) provides that all persons ordinarily resident in the country are entitled, subject to certain charges, to all in-patient public hospital services in public wards including consultant services and out-patient pubic hospital services including consultants services. Section 55 provides that the HSE may provide private in-patient services to persons who are not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I am advised by the HSE that all available historic records for St Finbarr’s Hospital are stored in an offsite storage facility.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I understand the Deputy is referring to the Keane report - The Report of the Expert Panel on Medical Need for Medical Card Eligibility. Eligibility for health services in Ireland, as set out in the Health Act 1970 as amended, is based primarily on ordinary residence and means. All people ordinarily resident in the State are eligible for publicly-funded hospital services. In addition, about...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Office of the Ombudsman Remit (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: It is currently the case that if an individual is unhappy with the level of care provided by a health service employee such as a doctor, nurse or other regulated healthcare professional, he/she may make a complaint to that employee's professional regulatory body. However, my Department is aware that the Ombudsman is in favour of extending his remit to examine clinical diagnosis or clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: A significant development programme is underway within the National Ambulance Service in an effort to modernise and reconfigure services. I am not aware of any particular issues with the provision of ambulance services in the Wexford area. However, if the Deputy has specific concerns he wishes to raise, I would ask him to forward the details to my office for investigation.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: According to the HSE's most recently published data, the total number of patients on in-patient and day case waiting lists at the end of August 2014 was 53,431. This is an increase of 3,736 or 7.5% on August 2013. In August 2014 the number of patients waiting in excess of 12 months for an outpatient appointment has decreased from 84,167 to 41,604; a reduction of 51% when comparing the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reform (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I am committed to the major agenda of health reform set out in the Programme for Government and the policy statement, Future Health. In particular, I want to push ahead as soon as possible with key reforms in areas such as extending free GP care on a phased basis, improving the management of chronic diseases, implementing key financial reforms including Money Follows the Patient, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.