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- Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: It can be done in the Seanad.
- Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The ask would be that it would be an obligation within the Bill, on a statutory basis, for patients to be informed that this patient-requested review is available to them. I think this is what is being requested. We would also-----
- Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The professional bodies have their own guidelines. In his latest report, or perhaps it was in a conversation I had with him before he published that report, Dr. Scally stated that some of those guidelines should be better and tighter. This is another matter that can be examined. HIQA's standards are being updated with a view to the new national framework. We have the patient advocacy...
- Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: If she had wanted it to.
- Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: It is not.
- Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: My understanding is I have two minutes to respond. I acknowledge that is a constraint we have on Report Stage. Obviously, two minutes are not sufficient to address all the very reasonable issues raised. As I heard it, broadly, many different issues have been raised about many different parts of the Bill. I will confine my comments to Part 5, referenced in this amendment to the Bill, which...
- Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: -----if that is okay, to address these issues because I cannot do so in two minutes. With regard to the look-back, the advice to Government and the Government position is being led by many years of domestic and international expertise, which indicates that programmatic audits are learning audits. We know they are now used all over the HSE in all manner of clinical areas every day. They are...
- Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: She will be told, Deputy.
- Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, line 12, to delete “disclosure meeting” and substitute the following: “disclosure meeting; to provide for the mandatory open disclosure, by health services providers, of Part 5reviews carried out in accordance with this Act; to provide, in the interest of the common good, for certain restrictions on the use of the information...
- Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: That is no problem. I thank the Acting Chair. The overarching intention of the Bill, as colleagues will be aware, is to embed a culture of open disclosure in our health and social services. However, it is fair to say that many aspects of the Bill have been informed by the very serious learnings from what happened with CervicalCheck. This includes the need to ensure accountability by...
- Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Acting Chair for her indulgence. I will finish on this. In essence, we are saying that we will have best international practice - anonymised programmatic audits - so that our screening services can get better. Every patient who receives a cancer diagnosis must be offered a review that has been created to work for the patient. The Bill states that the results of that review...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) has statutory responsibility for planning, designing, building, and equipping the new children's hospital. I have therefore referred your question to the NPHDB for direct reply. Due to the detailed nature of the information sought, it is likely that the NPHDB will require longer than the standard 10 working days for reply, to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (7 Dec 2022)
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: Dental Services (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) provides dental care, free of charge, to medical card holders aged 16 and over. I recognise that there is a need to substantively review and reform the DTSS to align with best international evidence and practice, as outlined in the National Oral Health Policy, Smile agus Sláinte (2019). Work has begun on this review and officials in my...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the important role that Section 39 organisations and staff play in our health sector. They have a key role in providing services to people with disabilities and older people. While the Government does provide assistance, under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004, to organisations that provide services similar or ancillary to services that the HSE may...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: On 4 November 2021, following the publication of Longer-Term Review of Matters relating to Student Nurses and Midwives, an independent review, conducted by Mr. Seán McHugh at my request (McHugh Report), I announced that the Government had approved my proposal to provide significant additional supports, worth €12m, for student nurses and midwives while attending their clinical...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: Two new Framework Agreements on Pricing and Supply of Medicines 2021-2025 were signed in December 2021. These Agreements provide stability to the medicines reimbursement market for the State and for Industry, thus facilitating sustainable and affordable access to medicines for patients in Ireland over the next 4 years. Negotiations towards these new Agreements with industry began in May 2021,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 126, 127 and 128 together. Unfortunately, medicine shortages are a feature of modern health systems worldwide. There are a multitude of reasons why a medicine may not be available including: shortages of raw materials; manufacturing difficulties; or product recalls due to potential quality issues. Medicine shortages can therefore originate at any point...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Dec 2022)
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: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2022)
Stephen Donnelly: I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.