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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (6 Sep 2019)
Simon Harris: Maintaining scheduled care access for all patients is a key priority for hospitals. I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when elective procedures are cancelled, particularly for clinically urgent procedures. While every effort is made to avoid cancellation or postponement of planned procedures, the HSE advise that planned procedures and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (6 Sep 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Sep 2019)
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: Cancer Screening Programmes (6 Sep 2019)
Simon Harris: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters, and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (6 Sep 2019)
Simon Harris: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters, and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (6 Sep 2019)
Simon Harris: A standard assessment process is in place in the HSE for the approval of the reimbursement of new drugs and new indications for existing drugs. This is underpinned by the Framework Agreement on the Supply and Pricing of Medicines (2016) and the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. This process is intended to arrive at decisions on the funding of drugs that are clinically...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (6 Sep 2019)
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 Appointments Administration (6 Sep 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Sep 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (6 Sep 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Dementia Strategy Implementation (6 Sep 2019)
Simon Harris: The National Dementia Strategy requires the HSE to consider the provision of dementia advisers, based on the experience of demonstrator sites. In this context, an evaluation of the Dementia Adviser Service, which was published in September 2018, recommends the continuation and expansion of the service to ensure equity of access countrywide. The Dementia Adviser Service, established by...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (6 Sep 2019)
Simon Harris: The Health Service Executive (HSE) is responsible for the management of the public healthcare property estate. Details of properties which have been vacated or are due to be vacated are captured as part of the annual service planning strategy. These properties are reviewed for future use and suitability. They may be refurbished immediately, retained for future use or sold. The HSE operates...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Sep 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (6 Sep 2019)
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: Emergency Departments Data (6 Sep 2019)
Simon Harris: This is a very busy period for our health services, with many hospitals reporting significant numbers of patient attendances. For the first seven months of 2019, the number of patients attending hospital EDs increased by 3.3%, and the number of ED admissions increased by 2.3% compared to the same period last year. In the first six months of 2019, our health services managed better and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (6 Sep 2019)
Simon Harris: The gross cost of acute hospital care as set out in the HSE Annual Report and Financial Statements 2017 incorporates expenditure in relation to all hospital services including emergency departments, inpatient, day case, outpatient services and training programmes for doctors and nurses. The private patient income reported in the annual financial statements only relates to income invoiced by...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (6 Sep 2019)
Simon Harris: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drug schemes, in accordance with the provisions of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases (6 Sep 2019)
Simon Harris: This relates to a matter that arose during a case in the Family Courts. While Section 30 of the Health Act 1947 does impose certain obligations on persons or probable sources of infection of infectious diseases, decisions regarding attendance at the Court is a matter for the Court to make. Policy responsibility regarding Court Services is a matter for the Department of Justice and Equality.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Sep 2019)
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: Health Services (6 Sep 2019)
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.