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Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE's Incident Management Framework is applied to managing and reviewing incidents. The Framework’s focus is on understanding how and why an incident occurred. This approach to incident management is cognisant of the needs of those affected. It also supports services to learn and improve safety. The Framework describes a Category 1 incident as a clinical and non-clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: On the 26 April 2023 the EU Commission published its proposal to revise the general pharmaceutical legislation - this is in the form of a Directive and a Regulation. This is the first full revision of the pharmaceutical legislation in over 20 years and is significant to all stakeholders involved in the medicines’ ecosystem. The aim of the pharmaceutical revision is described as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The Neurology Nurse Specialists are part of the Neurology Team in CHI at Crumlin. They support parents and children with epilepsy and other chronic neurological conditions. CHI at Crumlin has a dedicated neurology nurse phone line, which supports parents caring for their child at home. CHI has advised that there was a temporary impact to the operation of the phone line at the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines. This arises from the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The Act provides a rigorous process for the assessment of new medicines for reimbursement. This enables taxpayers to be confident that the right medicines are chosen, at a sustainable price. However, price is not the only...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to improving access to acute services in the Midwest. While it is not appropriate to discuss the specifics of any individual case. I am aware of the issues and challenges in the hospital. I have provided significant investment to increase capacity and staffing in the region. Total staffing increased at University Hospital Limerick by over 37% since December...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I am not aware of a reduction in the SouthDoc out of hours GP service at the Blackpool treatment centre. Services are provided by SouthDoc by appointment basis across all treatment centres. When an individual contacts SouthDoc all relevant information is taken. The nature and the clinical condition of the patient then determines the service provided. If it is determined that a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE National Ambulance Service (NAS) utilises a range of different practitioner grades to deliver a broad range of pre-hospital services. This includes Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic, Advanced Paramedic and Specialist Community Paramedic. Training for staff in NAS at basic and specialist levels is generally undertaken at the NAS College in partnership with academic partners. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: On 13 February 2024, Government approved enhanced capital and current budget sanctions for the New Children’s Hospital (NCH) project and programme, bringing the total approved budget to €2.24billion. Included in this is the capital budget of €1.88 billion for designing, building and equipping the NCH and the two satellite centres. A separate €362 million...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: This Government is committed to strengthening the capacity and resilience of our health system through delivery of key infrastructural investments. Since 2020, 1,150 acute beds have been opened across the country, which is more acute hospital beds delivered than in any comparable period since the HSE was established. I, and my officials, have worked closely with the HSE to develop a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: At the outset I must stress to the Deputy that the Health Research Board (HRB) did not conduct a clinical review of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP). The HRB, at the request of the Department of Health, was requested to ascertain whether there is sufficient evidence to broaden the scope of the 3 conditions which could be treated with cannabis-based products under the MCAP. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Service Executive (HSE) provide an extensive range of aids and appliances to individuals living with a wide variety of different medical conditions. These support individuals to continue living within their communities and to enjoy a greater quality of life than would otherwise be the case. The Community Funded Schemes (CFS) is the collective name for the provision of these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 37 and 47 together. On the 26 April 2023 the EU Commission published its proposal to revise the general pharmaceutical legislation - this is in the form of a Directive and a Regulation. This is the first full revision of the pharmaceutical legislation in over 20 years and is significant to all stakeholders involved in the medicines’ ecosystem. The aim...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for many scheduled appointments and procedures are too long and continue to be impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Department of Health continues to work with the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to identify ways to improve access to care. The 2023 Waiting List Action Plan built on the foundational work done in previous plans,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: In reference to Deputy O’Dea’s PQ 9550 (details below), Unscheduled Care are not able to provide data in direct response to the query raised. Deputy O’Dea states that Minister Donnelly made a recent statement regarding a 20% reduction in emergency department attendance figures in 2023 when compared to 2022. The data available to the Department currently shows that overall...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday 6th October. As a consequence of this industrial action,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (29 Feb 2024)

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: Ambulance Service (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE National Ambulance Service (NAS) utilises a range of different practitioner grades to deliver a broad range of prehospital services. This includes Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic, Advanced Paramedic and Specialist Community Paramedic. Training for staff in the NAS at basic and specialist levels is generally undertaken at the NAS College in partnership with academic partners....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the HSE, as Sponsoring Agency with day-to-day responsibility for the delivery of the surgical hubs and elective hospitals to respond to you directly in relation to the matters raised.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: NIAC has submitted advice to my Department which advises that RSV vaccines, which have recently received EMA authorisation, for infants and persons over 65yrs, are safe and effective and should be considered for use in Ireland. In its advice NIAC also noted that further analysis of cost effectiveness and programmatic considerations is required to determine the most appropriate use of RSV...