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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: 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. 

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: The stroke bypass protocol for Our Lady’s Hospital Navan (OLHN) has been introduced by the HSE and the National Ambulance Service. The reason that this stroke bypass has been put in place is for patient safety. There is no stroke unit in OLHN nor does the hospital have a consultant specialist in stroke.  The Mater Hospital, who will accept the majority of these patients, will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Closures (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: The Smaller Hospitals Framework defined the role of smaller hospitals and outlined the need for smaller hospitals and larger hospitals to operate within Hospital Groups. The Framework identified the activities that can be performed in smaller Model 2 hospitals, like Roscommon Hospital, in a safe and sustainable manner. In developing our smaller hospitals, the first and over-riding concern is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of healthcare infrastructure projects and services, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: The establishment of Hospital Groups has enabled a better configuration of hospital services with benefits relating to safety, quality, access, cost and sustainable medical staffing. The structure ensures that Hospitals working together in a Group will be able to support each other, providing a stronger role for smaller hospitals in delivering less complex care, and ensuring that those who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: As the HSE has responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres and other Primary Care facilities, the Executive has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Expenditure (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: As the status of the GMS panels in Bangor Erris and Glenamoy is an operational issue, I have asked the HSE to provide an update on this matter directly to the Deputy. Under the General Medical Services (GMS) contract, GPs are reimbursed for the range of services they provide to medical card and GP visit card holders. GPs are remunerated for these services by the HSE primarily on a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: The HSE's report on its Valproate Response Project has been considered within my Department, and I have received briefing from officials. The report describes the HSE's work on sodium valproate issues since the Valproate Response team was established in May 2018. This work has included the provision of an expert support service for people with concerns about exposure to sodium valproate;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: 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. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: As the HSE has responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres and other Primary Care facilities, the Executive has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated by officials in my Department and will be provided to the Deputy directly as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated by officials in my Department and will be provided to the Deputy directly as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: In order to ensure the accuracy of waiting lists, good practice around the management of hospital waiting lists recommends periodic validation of waiting lists. Validation is the process whereby hospital administration contacts patients on waiting lists at pre-planned intervals during the year to ensure that patients are ready, willing, suitable and available to attend a hospital appointment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: I am conscious that waiting times are often unacceptably long and of the burden that this places on patients and their families. In this regard, the Government is committed to improving waiting times for hospital appointments and procedures. Budget 2020 announced further increased investment in tackling waiting lists, with funding to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) increasing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: Budget 2019 provided for a 10% increase across all GP Visit card weekly income thresholds which came into effect from 1st April 2019.  The full year cost of this measure will be dependent on a number of factors, including the number of additional applications made to the HSE, the timescale within which these are made and the number of applicants who are found to qualify for this benefit....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Closures (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Harris: The Open Beds Report, published by my Department monthly, provides a summary of the average numbers of open inpatient beds and day beds/places in the acute hospital system based on data provided by the HSE. It can be found on the Department's website: . According to provisional data received from the HSE Acute Business Information Unit, there were on average 10,952 inpatient beds and...