Results 1-20 of 22 for gp speaker:John Lahart

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

John Lahart: We could have a very long conversation just about that piece, about a patient's wishes and a family overruling it, possibly, and a GP going with a course of action based on what, I wonder. I do really wonder about the knowledge of the wider family, given the interaction time GPs have with people. It is not particularly long. I have also experienced GP interaction in my own family in those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

John Lahart: It might take a bit of pressure off him. The Secretary General talked about the affordability piece and one of the things that might lead to another headline is access to State-funded GP care. I know that is Government policy but I also know that on the ground GPs have issues with it in terms of clogging up surgeries. There is a shortage of GPs and kids with runny noses are continuously...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

John Lahart: ...to take some of the postgraduate medical training. Can he update us in that regard? On medical cards, I am a Government Deputy and it is Government policy but I hear a lot of kick-back from GPs regarding people who have serious illnesses such as cancer, diabetes and so on being unable to get appointments for ten days, two weeks or three weeks because of repeat visits that may not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

John Lahart: ...the newspaper headlines captured it accurately, so here is an opportunity to clarify it. If it was accurate, would that apply to primary care centres? Would primary care centres, particularly the GP services, operate into the evening? I have constituents who cannot get appointments. One is seriously hurt and got one for three weeks ahead. In my own case, it was a week ahead. Not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

John Lahart: ...do not highlight that specifically in respect of myself, but many people attending commented on that. Mr. Gloster may not know the specific answer to this question. There was a process to bring GPs into that centre and I think there were two GPs. If I am correct, those two GPs were located in the existing community. In what way has the primary care added GP capacity? I do not know...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 Apr 2023)

John Lahart: 1415. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to bring forward legislation to expand the GP card scheme to children under six and seven years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16642/23]

Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

John Lahart: ...of specialists or otherwise, we know that with the system, you go to a doctor, tell them you are suffering from depression and you may be prescribed medication. If he or she has time, a good GP might delve into that and discover that you lost your partner or your job in the previous six months and that one is connected to the other. Sometimes GPs do not have the time or the training to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. I want to make a few points on GPs. I represent Dublin South West and there have been closures of GP practices through retirements and for other issues. I do not need an answer on it, but I want to get it on the record. Some of these GP practices served mature populations and seniors. It is very dislocating when that happens, as seniors are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: It is important to be aware of the geography. For older people, losing a GP is significant because a personal relationship can go back over a lifetime, with their children also having been under the care of the same GP. Having to move on can be difficult. When Mr. Reid spoke earlier about the enhanced community care programme, he said that "its objective in line with Sláintecare, is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (20 Sep 2022)

John Lahart: ..., Rathfarnhnam; if not, the reasons for the delay in appointing general practitioners to this centre; and if his attention has been drawn to there being an increasingly serious shortage of GP practices in Dublin South West. [45442/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

John Lahart: Is it an easy delivery? Can it be delivered relatively seamlessly in the context of a GP's office or primary care centre?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: I apologise for the delay as I was speaking in the Dáil. I thank the witnesses and I thank GPs for keeping the show on the road. It is very much appreciated by those of us in the Parliament. Many GPs will have been in contact with public representatives during this time to raise particular issues. I do not want the meeting to go by without acknowledging the critical role that GPs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: ..., Citywest, all of Tallaght, Knocklyon and Ballycullen. What is interesting to me as someone who comes from Rathfarnham is that Scholarstown Road runs from Marlay Park to Oldbawn and there is no GP practice south of that road and no GP practice has been established, although there are thousands of houses. We have a new primary care centre coming in Ballyboden and Tallaght is reasonably...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: GP practices used to just spring up in days gone by and the public certainly would not have been aware of a difficulty in establishing a practice. What are the particular difficulties in establishing a practice now? Is raising finance one of those, as a matter of interest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

John Lahart: ...IMO, if it wants to take this further, to put flesh on the bones of what is required. The idea of an IDA Ireland-style start-up grant scheme sounds very practical, given the crisis that exists in GP provision nationally. If the IMO has not done so, I urge it to put together a detailed list of what is required in terms of start-up grants, subsidies and so on that would enable GPs to...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

John Lahart: ...appointment to when she is called. What is the maximum waiting time for a first breast check? For example, could a woman be waiting until she is 52 or 53 before getting called? How is the GP education being rolled out? The high-risk screening unit at St. James's Hospital is an excellent facility. How many such clinics are operating in Ireland? We need to ensure that GPs know to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: BreastCheck and National Cancer Control Programme: HSE
BreastCheck Screening Programme and Improving Outcomes for Breast Cancer: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

John Lahart: When a woman attends her GP and is referred, what is the longest referral period?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: Samaritans Ireland (5 Oct 2021)

John Lahart: ...issue is loneliness. Someone who used to be a colleague of ours, former Senator Keith Swanwick, undertook a good body of work on the subject of loneliness during the last Seanad. He is also a GP. Feedback would be welcome from the Samaritans in respect of what the organisation thinks it might be possible for us to do about loneliness. The Chair asked what we could do to help the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

John Lahart: ...with another vaccine or two as they come along. There is a significant piece of work to be done here. It is about reassuring people. The clear message from Dr. Glynn today seems to imply that a GP could address the concerns on a one-to-one basis with a patient. Is that one of the avenues being suggested by him?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

John Lahart: With regard to the over-85s, on which Professor MacCraith answered on Saturday, we are all inundated with representations that they have not got their GP appointments yet, and some who have got them have had them postponed because of issues with supply. Am I correct in stating that this issue has begun to be resolved from yesterday forward?