Results 21-40 of 171 for cervical speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...now have HPV screening, HPV vaccines and the catch-up programme. It is important to say cancer survivorship rates in Ireland are going in the right direction. They are increasing. Our goal is to eradicate cervical cancer in Ireland. Patients going for screening is a part of that. Screening services are essential and the people I have met who work in those services are passionate and...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...also lead to a better experience for patients and some much needed transparency. It is important from that perspective. While there is, very understandably, a focus on cancer screening services and cervical cancer screening services, the Bill is much wider than that. Obviously, it covers the whole health service. It is absolutely correct that the genesis of the Bill comes from cervical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Insurance Coverage (2 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...be applicable specifically to either men or women.  By way of example, the Regulations include provision for such medical treatments as a prostatectomy or testicular biopsy (in the case of men) and cervical biopsy or maternity services (in the case of women). The health services and procedures provided by minimum benefit should be viewed as a cohort of procedures that are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...cancer patients and their families. This year's allocation will be used to ensure the continued rollout of the National Cancer Strategy, and includes €3.8 million for cancer screening services including BreastCheck, Cervical Check and the National Cervical Screening Laboratory. Following a review of the 2023 National Service Plan (NSP), the HSE is revising the plan in line...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...620 (17%) 595 (16%) 398 (11%) 456 (12%) 3717 2018 1426 (37%) 652 (17%) 561 (14%) 305 (8%) 936 (24%) 3880 Cervical cancer (ICD-10 C53) Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IV Unknown Total 2012 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...note that any surveillance programme needs to be operational for some time before data can be used to assess clinical effectiveness. Ireland is committed to the global effort to virtually eliminate cervical cancer in the decades ahead and much progress is being made. In Ireland we are in a strong position to meet the global targets set by the World Health Organisation through...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (15 Dec 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...The SCA have informed me that the information below has been extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The criteria used by the SCA relate to claims on NIMS in relation to Cervical Check. Data is as of 12th December 2022. The State Claims Agency (SCA) has received 378 CervicalCheck claims as of the 12th December 2022 including psychological claims brought by...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...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 service providers and clinicians in carrying out open disclosure to patients and their families. In that regard, the Bill and its...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Dec 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...ICD-10 C44 ICD-10 C50 ICD-10 C53 ICD-10 C56 ICD-10 C71 Lung cancer Melanoma skin cancer Non-melanoma skin cancer Breast cancer Cervical cancer Ovarian cancer Brain cancer 2011 2,276 895...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Dec 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...population. For anyone who has concerns about cancer, the key message is that they should contact their GP where they can be referred for diagnosis and treatment. For people without symptoms, screening programmes for breast cancer, cervical cancer and bowel cancer are available free of charge for people who are eligible.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Deputy Conway-Walsh. Dr. Scally and I met this morning in the context of his report. One of the things we talked about is our absolute commitment to the goal of eradicating cervical cancer in this country, and the HPV vaccine is part of that. As the Deputy will be aware, we are rolling out the Laura Brennan HPV catch-up programme. The NIAC advice I have at present is to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tribunals of Inquiry (22 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...resolved between the parties following which final orders were made by the Tribunal. Five (5) concluded cases ended on the basis that the Tribunal issued notifications pursuant to s. 12 (3) of the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act, 2019. It is anticipated that the Cervical Check Tribunal's work dealing with claims will come to a conclusion next year. Operational costs of the Tribunal for 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (22 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Minister is acutely aware that the issues in CervicalCheck in 2018 led to a loss of trust in our screening services. The National Screening Services, the HSE and the Department of Health are working to rebuild that trust, by working with patients and advocates to improve and develop services across all our screening programmes. In line with the Programme for Government commitment to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (8 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...The latest cancer trends report, published by the National Cancer Registry Ireland recently, focuses on cancer incidence, mortality, stage and survival for patients diagnosed with female breast cancer, cervical cancer and colorectal cancer. The report shows the positive impacts of our three cancer screening programmes (Bowel Screen, BreastCheck, CervialCheck) noting that they are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (8 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...cancer patients and their families. This year's allocation will be used to ensure the continued rollout of the National Cancer Strategy, and includes €3.8 million for cancer screening services including BreastCheck, Cervical Check and the National Cervical Screening Laboratory. The HSE will shortly be submitting its National Service Plan to my Department for approval which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2023 (11 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...cancer patients and their families. This year's allocation will be used to ensure the continued rollout of the National Cancer Strategy, and includes €3.8 million for cancer screening services including BreastCheck, Cervical Check and the National Cervical Screening Laboratory. The HSE will shortly be submitting its National Service Plan to my Department for approval which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ..., 1 level Anterior spinal fusion, 2 or more levels Arthroscopic reconstruction of cruciate ligament of knee with repair of meniscus Arthroscopy of hip Arthroscopy of knee Arthroscopy of shoulder Cervical discectomy, 1 level Cervical discectomy, 2 or more levels Correction of hallux valgus by osteotomy of first metatarsal, unilateral Correction of hammer toe Decompression of lumbar spinal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (14 Sep 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...the Health Service Executive. The information contained in this report has been extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and is accurate as of 08/09/2022. Criteria used • Cervical Check claims received on NIMS 01/01/2012 – 08/09/2022 Claim Received Year Number of Claims 2012 0 2013 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Care’. Question 5- Claims received between 01/01/2017 to 30/06/2022.- Incident Hazard Category equals ’Exposure to Psychological hazards’- Sub Hazard type equals ‘Wrongful Death’ Question 1- Cervical Cancer NSS claims received between 2017 & 2022 Claim Received Year Number of Claims 2017 1 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (28 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...12 Advisory Committee for Veterinary Medicines (HPRA) 12 Advisory Committee on Medical Devices (HPRA) 12 Beaumont Hospital Board 11 Cervical Check Tribunal 3 Children’s Health Ireland 12 Consultative Council on Hepatitis C 8 ...