Results 1-20 of 103 for gp speaker:Mary Butler

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (2 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...2023, 385 people had an eating disorder diagnosis. It is important to note that in the same year, 343 people with an eating disorder diagnosis were discharged from specialist services back to their GP. The HSE works hard to meet the needs of people with eating disorders in the setting most appropriate to their needs, whether that be community eating disorder teams, beds in the public...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ...and other programmes. In 2022, the HSE national cancer control programme launched the Early Diagnosis of Symptomatic Cancer Plan 2022-2025. The plan focuses on raising awareness of the signs of cancer among health professionals and the general public, with a particular emphasis on marginalised groups. Nine out of ten cancers are diagnosed when individuals present to their GP with...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Mary Butler: ...legislation, when enacted, will achieve a number of aims. First, it will provide for an exemption of rent-a-room income of up to €14,000 per annum to be disregarded from the medical card and GP visit card income assessment process. Second, it will amend current legislation to clarify regulatory powers concerning the supply and administration of medicinal products. Third, it will...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Mary Butler: ...question. The Deputy raises a valid question around people having access to medical cards and doctor visit only cards. Currently 50% of people living in the State have either a medical card or a GP visit only card. It is approximately 50% and I remember those figures from the Bill in relation to private care that we do every year. As to the Deputy's specific question, it is my...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Mary Butler: ...at all. I also want to put on the record that we have expanded the amount of people who can have the doctor visit only cards. Almost 50% of people in the State either have a medical card or a GP visit only card. We will look forward to that review and the recommendations from it.

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Mary Butler: ...opportunity to engage with colleagues on the important matter of the provision of primary care health services. Access to health services in the community is essential to people's well-being, with GPs usually acting as people's primary care providers and gatekeepers to the wider healthcare services. Treating patients as close to home as possible is beneficial for patients and for the...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Mary Butler: ...in line with an approved clinical protocol, which is the important piece. I also want to put this on record about medical cards. Currently, 43% of the population hold either a medical card or a GP visit card. Some 50% coverage is available if all eligible people take up the cards, especially the GP cards. For these reasons, the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, and I are committed to...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Mary Butler: ...practice has increased from €561 million in 2019 to €784 million in 2022, with expenditure in 2023 likely to exceed €800 million; — some areas are experiencing challenges in attracting General Practitioners (GPs); — the implementation of the 2019 GP Agreement increased the Rural Practice Grant by 10 per cent, increasing the financial support to rural...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Feb 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. The Government is actively working to increase the number of GPs working in the State and to increase GP access throughout the country. GPs are self-employed and the HSE steps in when there is a situation where a GP may retire. There are currently 23 vacancies around the country, down from 34 last year. We are making considerable...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (7 Feb 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank Senator Cummins for raising this issue. It is something I am very familiar with myself. We come from the same constituency. As the Senator is aware, GPs are self-employed practitioners, and accordingly, they may establish practices at a place of their own choosing. The HSE fulfils its obligation under the Health Act 1970 in providing GP services to patients who hold a medical card...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (7 Feb 2024)

Mary Butler: ..., which happens for a myriad of reasons, people may not be in a position to move. Health issues are challenging enough without causing further distress to people. The number of doctors entering GP training has increased by 80% between 2015 and 2023. The availability of 350 training places for new entrants is planned for this year, representing a 22% increase on last year's intake of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disease Management (6 Dec 2023)

Mary Butler: ...by hospitalisation and treating associated complications. The Department of Health supports the HSE national clinical programme for diabetes in the planned delivery of diabetes services. The GP chronic disease management, CDM, programme, which commenced in 2020, includes type 2 diabetes as one of four chronic diseases in respect of which General Medical Services patients receive ongoing...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (21 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: ...One in four people, at some stage in their life, will have an issue with their mental health.Thankfully, we are speaking more openly and more freely about it now. For many people, a visit to their GP and the support received from there can be sufficient, but there are other people who may have an acute mental health episode which might require a great deal of help, which is why we have...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (21 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: I thank the Senator. She has a good point which many of her colleagues make every day in the Dáil and Seanad. The first port of call for anybody who is in distress should always be the GP. Always reach out to somebody in your family, if you can at all. So many people do not reach out. If the GP or an ambulance is called, you will be brought to the emergency department.It would be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (21 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: ...staff. For this specific centre, the COVID Response Team was in regular communication during the outbreak and through the team, Consultant Geriatrician support was provided on an ongoing basis to the GP who was providing the medical clinical service to the centre. The centre was also in receipt of funding from the Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme (COVID-19 TAPS) for nursing homes. HIQA...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for the question. We all know the importance of having GPs, especially in rural practice; we understand that. The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, spoke this morning about the plans they have put in place. For every two GPs who retire now, between three and six are entering into training. It will take a couple of years for that to work through. The Deputy may wish to send me...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Butler: ...piece I will announce later today relates to a pilot of a no wrong door approach. We will pilot this in CHO 9 because it is in a position to put this in place. Basically, when a child attends a GP and a referral is made, there will be a no wrong door approach. Every child who is referred will be clinically assessed and it will be determined where that child should go. In some cases it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2023)

Mary Butler: ...he has raised, with which I am familiar. While some persons may have been advised recently that the primary care reimbursement service, PCRS, would no longer assign any medical cardholders or GP visit cardholders to a GP or general medical services, GMS, panel, as per the previous practice, following the short period whereby urgent assignments were prioritised in advance of the new...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2023)

Mary Butler: ...they are registered on the GMS panel of their doctor of choice. In 2022, which was the last full year of data available, out of a total of about 348,000 individuals who were approved for either a GP visit card or a medical card, 3,927 individuals were unable to secure placement with their doctor of choice, or 1.1% of the total. In addition, 3,701 existing GMS patients were reassigned...