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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (23 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Collaborating with individual hospitals, the SDU, together with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) and the HSE, has developed the outpatient waiting list minimum dataset. This allows data to be submitted to the NTPF from hospitals on a weekly basis and, for the first time, outpatient data is available on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (23 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: In June this year, my Department launched a seven week public consultation process on new legislation to replace the Dentists Act, 1985. This took place from 10th June 2013 to 26th July 2013, and the objective of the consultation was to obtain the views of the public and key stakeholders on the proposed new legislation. The public consultation was advertised in national newspapers on 10th...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Files (23 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Medical Council's "Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Medical Practitioners" advises that confidentiality is a fundamental principle of medical ethics and is central to the trust between patients and doctors. Patients are entitled to expect that information about them will be held in confidence. Patient information remains confidential even after death. Therefore,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Access Defibrillator Programme (23 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Second Stage of the Public Access to Defibrillators Bill, which sets out the requirement to provide defibrillators in a range of settings and for events which have a regular attendance in excess of 100 persons per day, was passed in the Seanad in June 2013. Approval was granted for the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) to undertake a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (23 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As the issue raised is a matter for the Health Service Executive, I have referred the question to the Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (23 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: I have no plans to pursue changes to the consultant contract in order to facilitate practice in the private sector. Consultant Contract 2008 introduced a series of measures designed to improve equity for public patients, including limits on private practice. This Contract included specified upper limits to private practice activity of 20% for newly-appointed consultants on a Type B or C...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (22 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Government approval was received last May to begin the process of introducing standardised packaging of tobacco products in Ireland. Work is progressing on the development of draft heads of a bill to regulate the retail packaging of tobacco products. An interdepartmental Steering Group on Standardised Packaging has also been established to oversee the implementation of a project plan in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (22 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The information regarding Nurse Registration is a matter for The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (formerly An Bord Altranais). I have forwarded your query to the Board for direct response.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (22 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (22 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Smaller Hospitals Framework, which ensures the future of our local hospitals, sets out the necessity for moving high volume, lower complexity cases to smaller hospitals whilst moving more complex cases to larger hospitals. These changes will help to make sure that the services provided in all hospitals are safe, appropriate and sustainable. Work continues across smaller hospitals to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence Refuges (22 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 493 and 555 together. In 2010 the National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence was published. It aims to provide a framework for sustainable intervention to prevent and effectively respond to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence and is lead by COSC which is the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Radiographers (22 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: At present there is no system of statutory registration for radiographers in Ireland. However, the Radiographers Registration Board has been established and is expected to open its register on 31 October 2013. In the absence of statutory registration, persons are free to work in the private health sector in Ireland without having their qualifications recognised. However, persons wishing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (22 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexual Offences (22 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: In 2010 the National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence was published by Cosc. It aims to provide a framework for sustainable intervention to prevent and effectively respond to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence and is led by Cosc which is the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence which comes under the remit of Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (22 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) conducted a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of intermittent pneumatic compression for severe peripheral arterial disease at the request of the Health Service Executive. This HTA was published on the 26th June 2013. HIQA's advice to the HSE was that, despite some promising results on the effect of intermittent pneumatic compression in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As the queries raised by the Deputy are service matters, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.