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- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (11 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The HSE’s latest income and expenditure position at 30 April 2019 shows a revenue deficit of €116.2m which represents 2.3% of the available budget. The main drivers of the deficit are acute hospitals, PCRSand demand led schemes, disability services, and the treatment abroad scheme. The HSE National Service Plan (NSP) is an important accountability instrument in use by the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (11 Jul 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 (11 Jul 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 (11 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The Health Service Capacity Review published last year was clear on the need for a major investment in additional capacity in both hospital and community – combined with a widescale reform of the manner and the location of where health services are provided. As set out in Sláintecare, moving care options for patients closer to their homes and into their local communities is a key...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (11 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: As Minister for Health, I recognise that hospitals are increasingly operating at or above capacity, with year-round demand pressures that are further challenged over the winter months. It is against this background that the Health Service Capacity Review 2018 recommended an increase in acute hospitals beds of over 2,600 by 2031 to support the projected increase in demand for services in the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (11 Jul 2019)
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: Maternity Services (11 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The National Women & Infants Health Programme is working on a range of measures to improve the quality and safety of maternity services. A key objective is the establishment of a maternity-specific Serious Incident Management Forum in each Hospital Group. I am advised that the establishment of Serious Incident Management Fora is underway across the Hospital Groups and I have...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: One of the priorities set out in the HSE National Service Plan 2019 is to pilot an anaesthetics model of care for general hospitals with maternity services. As this work is being led by the National Women & Infants Health Programme, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: One of the priorities identified in the HSE National Service Plan 2019 is the implementation of a phased national plan for benign gynaecology.As this work is being led by the National Women & Infants Health Programme, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The National Clinical Effectiveness Committee (NCEC) is a Ministerial committee whose role is to prioritise and quality assure, to the level of international methodological standards, a suite of national clinical guidelines and national clinical audit prioritised as important for the Irish health system. To support the National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026, the NCEC is prioritising and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: Ireland’s first National Maternity Strategy, ‘Creating A Better Future Together, 2016 – 2026’, was published in January 2016. The Strategy aims to ensure that appropriate care pathways - Supported, Assisted and Specialised - are in place in order that mothers, babies and families get the right care, at the right time, by the right team and in the right place. It...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (11 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: As Minister for Health, I requested Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to draft a report on the use of Uro-Gynaecological Mesh in the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in women. The report covers the clinical and technical issues involved in ensuring both: 1. the safe and effective provision of mesh procedures in...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Midwifery Services (11 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The HSE Midwifery Workforce Planning Project Report modelled on Birthrate Plus methodologies was published in April 2016. This Report recommended a range of midwifery staffing ratios across the 19 maternity hospitals/units taking into account the variability in working arrangements and clinical practices between the different sites and services. This Report also acknowledged that the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: A multidisciplinary Steering Group has been established by the HSE National Women & Infants Health Programme to oversee the implementation of the new Model of Care. One of the areas of work identified by the Steering Group is the development of key performance indicators for maternity services. Accordingly, I have asked the HSE to reply to your query directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: One of the priorities set out in the HSE National Service Plan 2019 is to identify and define the educational supports and training programmes required by staff to ensure a safe, competent and supported maternity workforce. As this work is being led by the National Women & Infants Health Programme, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (11 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Jul 2019)
Simon Harris: The matters raised by the Deputy are more appropriate to my colleague at the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The Deputy may wish to refer her query to my colleague the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for further information on work to develop supports for former residents of Mother and Baby homes. Minister Zappone published the recommendations of the First Report of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (11 Jul 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: Paediatric Services (11 Jul 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: Paediatric Services (11 Jul 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.