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Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: The question relates to emergencies. There are six cases involved and one surgeon was put on temporary leave while being subject to investigation. As to emergency surgery there was one such procedure in every 24 hours and the decision was made to move that to a safe environment. There are reviews pending which involve the Royal College of Surgeons. Regarding elective surgery, financial...

Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: I believe that at the very minimum he would expect units of the HSE in every part of the country to live within the budgets allocated for the year.

Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: To cite the advice of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in regard to this matter, it is to the effect that we cease all emergency surgery, all emergency surgery admissions, examine patients in the emergency department and transfer any patient needing a surgical admission - this accounts for four admissions a day, approximately two of which would require a surgical procedure - and so on.

Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: It was on the basis of that advice and the number of reports that have been conducted into these procedures, that the decision was made. With regard to elective procedures there and elsewhere, hospitals have to live within the budgets allocated to them, and that includes Navan Hospital.

Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: I believe I have dealt with the issue. The Deputy is raising two separate issues. One is the matter of safety and the transfer of acute surgery from Navan to Drogheda hospitals.

Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: I am delighted to hear the Deputy does, since he opposed it when it was announced.

Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: I do not want to provoke the Deputy but was not cancelled in August when he was speaking on this matter, because I have some of his quotes here.

Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: Navan hospital in the north-east, Galway University Hospital and every other hospital and region in the country have to live with the budget allocation for health services for 2010. It constitutes 12% of national income, which is very high by comparison with other countries. I do not have additional money and neither does the Exchequer to allocate to any hospital that falls short in its...

Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: The HSE has not issued a national directive to dentists working in the public dental service that they are not to fill cavities in children's teeth. The Deputy may be referring to a clinical policy in Sligo-Leitrim for the past 15 years not to fill milk teeth unless there was clear evidence of an associated health benefit. In response to media reports in August, the principal dental surgeon...

Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: This is not a directive or policy of the HSE but a policy that has been pursued for the past 15 years by Dr. Joe Mullen, the principal dental surgeon for Sligo-Leitrim. I will not dispute what he believes is best practice because I am not a dentist, and I understand the Deputy is not either.

Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: With regard to evidence from research, a project is under way in the UK to examine the benefits of providing baby tooth fillings and also to examine other methods of restoration and assess the best outcomes. I understand the results will not be available for at least five years.

Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: The dental policy that applies was initiated by the Deputy's party colleague when he was Minister for Health. A new dental policy will be published later this year. The HSE has just appointed a clinical lead in this area, and we will see dental services being given greater priority. However, the issue raised by the Deputy is a practice that takes place in only one region of the country.

Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: The person concerned is a principal dental surgeon and, as the Deputy knows, clinical independence operates in such areas. That is the policy pursued by that particular dentist, and it would be a matter for the chief dental officer, if he felt the policy was inappropriate, to intervene in the situation. It is certainly not a matter for me.

Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: So do some of Deputy Reilly's colleagues, actually.

Health Service Investigations (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: The HSE has recently received the report of the independent review undertaken by Dr Maurice Hayes. The review deals with the delay in reporting radiological examinations and the management of GP referral letters at Tallaght Hospital. It is hoped that the findings of the review will be published in the coming weeks. Prior to the separate clinical review of 57,921 X-rays carried out in...

Health Service Investigations (5 Oct 2010)

Mary Harney: This is not my report and it was not in my hands. Dr. Hayes was appointed on 18 March and he has completed and submitted his report. It is being examined by Dr. White and others at the HSE because certain legal issues arise. I have not seen the report nor have I been briefed on it. I hope to see it as soon as the legal position allows. I assure the Deputy that the report will be...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Sep 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Sep 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (30 Sep 2010)

Mary Harney: The Renewed Programme for Government re-affirms the Government's commitment to the current co-location programme. The preferred bidder has been selected, and the Project Agreement signed for the Cork University Hospital co-location project. Planning permission has been granted for this project. The co-location programme is a complex public procurement process. It is a matter for each...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Sep 2010)

Mary Harney: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.