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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: ...to support youth mental health service provision and development. This includes specific new posts to support eating disorders. On St. Vincent's specifically, community healthcare organisation, CHO, 6 has three dedicated beds for adults requiring inpatient care and these are based in St. Vincent's. The Deputy is entirely correct that the need for additional inpatient beds has been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Projects (9 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: ... Sacred Heart Community & Childcare Project CLG Expansion of Social Prescribing service in Waterford and mainstreaming of pilot service in Waterford Metropolitan area NGO €41,955.90 38 HSE CHO Dublin North City & County (CHO 9) Consolidating the Implementation of the Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: ...one academic year starting in September. The number of sponsorships advertised each year by the HSE is based on the projected vacancies arising within individual HSE Community Health Organisations ( CHOs). Successful applicants for sponsorship are required to give a written undertaking that, following successful completion of the programme, he/she will immediately register as a PHN with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Information and Quality Authority (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Harris: ...the fact that the primary legal responsibility lies with individual providers, as recommended by NPHET on 31 March 2020, the HSE has further strengthened its National and Regional Governance Structures to support the response of nursing homes to COVID-19. The HSE has established 23 COVID-19 response teams at CHO level, which are providing nursing homes with medical, nursing, staffing and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Simon Harris: ...providers, nursing home and homecare providers, small community-based groups and social care services. In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, each HSE Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO) has an Area Crisis Management Team and all services have plans in place for providing supports during this period to ensure continuity of service provision. The HSE holds weekly teleconferences...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 May 2020)

Simon Harris: ...palliative care inpatient unit, or hospice, which will provide support to patients from across the four counties in the Midlands. Following extensive public consultation, and in partnership with CHO 8 and the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group, a site was identified in the grounds of the Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore and initial drawings for the unit have been drafted. The Midlands...

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

Simon Harris: ...management and resourcing of acute and community services. This is a clear impediment to moving towards population based planning and integrated care as called for under Sláintecare. Under Sláintecare proposals, Hospital Groups and CHOs will be replaced with regional bodies which will be responsible for the full spectrum of health and social care services in their region. This...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (18 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: ...Little Things Campaign to tailor the messaging and make it more relevant to young people, who are also listed within Connecting for Life as a priority group. Using research conducted by online youth mental health service, ReachOut.com, which highlighted key areas of stress for young people the HSE identified 6 issues to include in the new campaign; Exams, Sleep, Digital devices and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (17 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: ...period, severe winter weather, seasonal influenza, the spread of norovirus and other healthcare associated infections. Nine Winter Action Teams (WAT), each aligned to a Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO) and associated Acute Hospital and Hospital Group (HG), have prepared Integrated Winter Plans that will focus on demand management and reduction, staffing availability, timely...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (12 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: ...three initiatives from which a savings target level was applied to service areas within the HSE. As part of the HSE’s annual operations planning process for 2019, the individual hospitals and CHO’s managers had responsibility for identifying the specific types of savings to be achieved. This ensured that local managers identified achievable cost savings within their service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (12 Dec 2019)

Simon Harris: ...Currently, over 90% of the population has access to an out-of-hours GP services. The provision of GP Out of Hours services forms an important part of service user needs in the Winter period. Each CHO area has established a Winter Action Team in conjunction with acute hospital colleagues, and each team prioritises the allocation of dedicated additional Winter funding based on local service...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (26 Nov 2019)

Simon Harris: ...HSE's winter plan was launched on Thursday, 14 November. The Government provided an additional €26 million to fund the implementation of the plan. Nine winter action teams, each aligned to a CHO and associated acute hospitals and hospital groups, have prepared integrated winter plans. These plans focus on demand management and reduction, staffing availability, timely access to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (21 Nov 2019)

Simon Harris: ...Winter Plan for Sligo University Hospital will be delivered by Winter Action Team 1 (WAT 1), whose membership includes the CEO of the Saolta University Health Care Group, the Chief Officer of CHO 1, and the CEO of Sligo University Hospital. The HSE Winter Plan is supported by an additional €26m in winter funding nationally. This winter funding will support access to the Fair...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (19 Nov 2019)

Simon Harris: ...East Hospital Group – IEHG) and children’s services are located in Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children (OLHSC) – part of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) – in Crumlin. Endocrinology and psychological support services are delivered on both sites. Given the number of agencies involved in the delivery of care to this group, it was decided to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: ...Government is committed to improving waiting times for hospital appointments and procedures. The latest published National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) figures show that there 12,527 children in CHO Area 8 waiting for an outpatient appointment in a public hospital . Of these, 60% are waiting 9 months or less and 68% are waiting 12 months or less. More broadly, Budget 2020 announced that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (10 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: ...demand.  Planning for winter 2019/20 has commenced and my Department is working with the HSE to finalise the Winter Plan in the coming weeks. Individual Community Healthcare Organisations (CHOs) and Hospital Groups are preparing Integrated Winter Plans that will focus on demand management and reduction, staffing availability, timely access to the most appropriate care pathway for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (10 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: ...demand.   Planning for winter 2019/20 has commenced and my Department is working with the HSE to finalise the Winter Plan in the coming weeks. Individual Community Healthcare Organisations (CHOs) and Hospital Groups are preparing Integrated Winter Plans that will focus on demand management and reduction, staffing availability, timely access to the most appropriate care pathway for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (10 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: ...demand.   Planning for winter 2019/20 has commenced and my Department is working with the HSE to finalise the Winter Plan in the coming weeks. Individual Community Healthcare Organisations (CHOs) and Hospital Groups are preparing Integrated Winter Plans that will focus on demand management and reduction, staffing availability, timely access to the most appropriate care pathway for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (10 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: ...demand. Planning for winter 2019/20 has commenced and my Department is working with the HSE to finalise the Winter Plan in the coming weeks. Individual Community Healthcare Organisations (CHOs) and Hospital Groups are preparing Integrated Winter Plans that will focus on demand management and reduction, staffing availability, timely access to the most appropriate care pathway for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (10 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: ...demand.   Planning for winter 2019/20 has commenced and my Department is working with the HSE to finalise the Winter Plan in the coming weeks. Individual Community Healthcare Organisations (CHOs) and Hospital Groups are preparing Integrated Winter Plans that will focus on demand management and reduction, staffing availability, timely access to the most appropriate care pathway for...