Results 1-9 of 9 for gp speaker:Neale Richmond

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (26 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...emergency department registrars and discharge co-ordinators to target patient flow. The plan also includes improving access to diagnostics for urgent and emergency attendances in the emergency department and for GPs, and the enhancement of GP out-of-hours supports. The plan also includes the recruitment of administrative staff and the creation of the performance management office to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (26 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...block will continue. The Department regularly seeks assurance regarding the appropriate escalation measures for the emergency department. We have seen increased funding provided for additional GP access to diagnostics in primary care, allowing for patients to be referred directly for x-rays or scans. In the mid-west, more than 1,400 of the scans are being completed each month. These...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...2013 Innovation Fund Ireland Scheme EI Allocated €/$ m Fund Launch* Soffinova Ventures US$25 2011 Lightstone Ventures US$25 2013 Highland Europe GP €20 2013 Arch Venture Fund VIII US$27.4 2014 * Fund life...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...in this position and is appropriate given that the HSE recommends Cariban as the first line treatment for hyperemesis, nausea and vomiting in pregnancy; if he will include a prescription from a GP to allow for the reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61639/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: ..., in this case, is that because of the nature of the drug and the regulatory environment with the European Medicines Agency, there is a requirement for patients to get a prescription from their GP, but they need to have a consultation with a consultant first. I note and welcome the Minister of State's comments. I hope, following engagement with the stakeholders, we can find an...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (7 Dec 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...Cariban, which treats hyperemesis, will be reimbursed. This is welcome and long sought-after. However, to get a prescription for Cariban, the patient must first go to a consultant rather than her GP. This adds delay and cost and creates a great deal of distress to women who are extremely sick during a vulnerable time in their lives. It is hard to describe how badly hyperemesis can...

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

Neale Richmond: 130. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to ensure there is sufficient GP capacity in light of the free GP care provided in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51385/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Neale Richmond: Yesterday, patients of the GP practice in my village of Stepaside became the latest to be subjected to an act of sheer obstruction and intimidation by so-called protesters, simply because that medical practice offers full maternal and reproductive care, as per the laws of this land. I am by no means the first Deputy or Senator to raise this in these Houses and I fear I will not be the last....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Jul 2020)

Neale Richmond: 1301. To ask the Minister for Health if venesection procedures will be made available free of charge to persons with haemochromatosis who are not eligible for a medical card or GP visit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20519/20]