Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the policy which is applied by a health board in cases in which a health board psychiatrist refuses to continue to treat a person to ensure that the patient is offered ongoing care with another doctor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8604/05]

Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)
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It is the responsibility of health service providers to ensure that appropriate care and treatment is provided to any person suffering mental illness. Where it is not possible for a particular psychiatrist to continue to provide such care and treatment for a patient, the patient is referred to another psychiatrist within the same catchment area.