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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Heart Failure is an important public health issue. Heart Failure is a prevalent, complex condition with increasing numbers. Across Europe, and in Ireland heart failure is a significant cause of hospital admission some of which could be avoided, placing increasing demand on our health services, a reduction in quality of life and life expectancy. There has been notable progress in both...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Heart Failure is an important public health issue. It is a prevalent, complex condition with increasing numbers. Across Europe, and in Ireland heart failure is a significant cause of hospital admission some of which could be avoided. There has been notable progress in both therapeutics and structures of heart failure care improving Quality of Life and Life Expectancy. The detection...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Referring to HSE as this is an operational/services question.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Changing Cardiovascular Health 2010 -2019 highlighted the importance of Cardiac rehabilitation. Cardiac rehabilitation is an internationally recognised standard of care for cardiac patients and considered an essential component of secondary prevention for patients with cardiovascular disease. Cardiac rehabilitation is specifically developed for patients with established cardiovascular...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (4 Jul 2023)

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: Vaccination Programme (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The National Influenza Vaccination Programme ensures that those most vulnerable to the effects of influenza have access to vaccination. The objective of the programme is to reduce the overall spread of influenza in the community and to protect those most at risk from influenza-related hospital admissions. To inform decision making in relation to the current Influenza Vaccination...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government and I are fully committed to improving genetics services in Ireland. One of the key ambitions of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetics and Genomics Medicine in Ireland, launched in December 2022, is to build a strong national genetics service. This will be a patient and family-centred service that can be accessed equitably across the country and across the lifespan of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Progressing women’s health is a priority for myself and for this Government. We made a strong commitment to Promoting Women’s Health in the Programme for Government and are fully committed to the continued development and improvement of women’s health services and to working with women and girls to improve their health and experiences of healthcare across the whole life...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Sight testing, eye examinations and optical appliances are provided to medical card holders by ophthalmologists, optometrists and dispensing opticians through the Community Ophthalmic Services Schemes (COSS). Patients may access these services following a referral by a healthcare professional such as their general practitioner. All children, including those not covered by a medical card,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 Jul 2023)

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: Cancer Services (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (4 Jul 2023)

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 Staff (4 Jul 2023)

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 Equipment (4 Jul 2023)

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 Staff (4 Jul 2023)

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 (4 Jul 2023)

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 Services (4 Jul 2023)

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 (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: It is recognised that waiting times for many scheduled appointments and procedures were too long before and have been made worse 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. On the 7th March, I published the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, which is the next stage of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Consultations (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I recognise that endometriosis is a significant health issue for women in Ireland today, and work is underway to improve services in this area. In that regard, the HSE’s National Women & Infants Programme (NWIHP) has commenced the development of a National Endometriosis Framework, which will be rolled out in a phased basis and published in 2023. This Framework will identify how...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Heart Failure is an important public health issue. The detection and prevention of heart failure is a priority and the National Clinical Programme for heart failure supports many approaches to improving quality of life for people living with the syndrome. The programme (HSE) is currently engaging with the European Society of Cardiology who have an excellent platform to enable registry...