Results 1-13 of 13 for cervical speaker:Phil Prendergast

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Phil Prendergast: ...to many people. For instance, I referred to decisions to close services without an appraisal of the options, HSE decisions that had resulted in the Minister breaking her word, the impact the cervical cancer vaccine programme would have on those who normally relied on public health nurses and the waste of money by the HSE. The Minister has a duty to address the issues and should not be...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Phil Prendergast: ...people believe they have been unfairly levied. Will the implementation of this charge require additional staff or will staff be relocated from other work? This is what happened with regard to the cervical vaccine and the H1N1 vaccine programmes where nurses have been reassigned to implement these programmes and child developmental assessment clinics have not been held. The moratorium on...

Seanad: Provision of Health Services by the HSE: Statements (16 Jun 2010)

Phil Prendergast: ...Would the Minister accept that there are insufficient nurses as well? The recruitment moratorium has led to the extraordinary situation in which the Minister is demanding that nurses carry out the cervical vaccination programme without any extra cost. That means public health nurses are being taken away from their normal duties forever. This is not like the H1N1 programme which has a...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Phil Prendergast: ...in the public health nurse sector, which is in the primary care setting on which there is now a major focus. That leaves a major divide in that setting. No posts have been provided for the cervical vaccination programme, which means that 30,000 young girls needing 90,000 vaccinations in April, September and November will have that programme administered by nurses who are not doing other...

Seanad: Cancer Awareness: Statements (17 Feb 2010)

Phil Prendergast: ...available to people. There is an interest in having programmes such as this to raise awareness. Another aspect of my work involves visiting schools with the sexual health programme. I speak about cervical screening and about the HPV vaccine, which is coming on stream for young women later this year and which I very much welcome. To get the attention of young people, and the Irish Cancer...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Second Stage (10 Jun 2009)

Phil Prendergast: ...been higher, causing horrendous grief to many people. We have all been touched by the issue. As a midwife for many years, I am gravely concerned that €10 million could not be found for the cervical cancer vaccine programme. It is likely that the cost of the scheme may have reduced since the announcement not to proceed with it. This issue must be reviewed. I am aware this does not...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Phil Prendergast: ...to deal with this issue in the long term are the unions. Consultants are set to benefit to the tune of €200 million while €10 million was considered too much to protect young people from cervical cancer. This is not an anomaly, it is an embarrassment which demonstrates how the policies of vested interests triumph over best practice in preventive health care. Front-line health...

Seanad: Medical Cards: Statements (5 Nov 2008)

Phil Prendergast: .... Senator Boyle wondered how we might do things. Working in the health service for so long I saw many areas in which there is scope for savings, which would not affect positive initiatives such as cervical screening. This has been shelved recently, to my regret. The extension of the medical cards entitlement to everybody over 70 was a very positive and forward-thinking development. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Phil Prendergast: ...-elect, Senator Obama, and I wish him well. I express my deep concern at the decision by the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, to roll back on the decision to make available the cervical cancer vaccine. As a health care professional who has regularly gone into schools to undertake the sexual health programme, I believe that was a brilliant initiative which would safeguard...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)

Phil Prendergast: ...practitioner in the early diagnosis of cancer through the identification of symptoms during physical examinations and the provision of routine screening for cancers such as prostate cancer and cervical cancer in the surgery setting. I am disappointed to note that despite the reservations voiced by me, among others, about the possible granting of the cervical screening contract, the...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Phil Prendergast: ...and the implications for such services where delivery rates are approximately 1,000 per annum. I wish to ask the Minister if existing services, such as colposcopy services, will be cut when cervical screening starts. Breast screening services in the local hospital in south Tipperary have been transferred to Waterford with the indication that next year colon and prostate services will be...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Statements (20 Nov 2007)

Phil Prendergast: ...surgery. When the services are centralised, will he travel from Kilkenny to Waterford to operate on a patient from Kilkenny? Does the Minister plan to introduce an immunisation programme with the cervical cancer vaccine? Testicular cancer and colorectal cancer treatment services will be available in four centres. While I do not want to diminish the importance of any cancer, some types...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Statements (20 Nov 2007)

Phil Prendergast: ...appointments, tests, scans, radiological, GP and ancillary services occur? What percentage of the €12 billion budget is pay? Are there plans to introduce an immunisation programme with the cervical cancer vaccine which has proved effective and is produced in my region? I am pleased that the vaccine is available but we should have access to it. Could this be costed and a timeframe...