Written answers
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Department of Health
Health Services
10:00 pm
Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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Question 612: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a national strategy on Parkinson's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15266/11]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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My Department does not have plans to develop a national strategy on Parkinson's Disease. From a disability perspective, the focus of any health or personal social service support is to facilitate full participation in the social and economic life of the community. The extent and description of the supports required must be consistent with the person's individual needs. The focus of health service provision for people with a disability is not a medical diagnosis. The Disability Act 2005 provides for, among other things, an individual assessment of need, a person centred service statement and the provision of individualised supports. This policy moves away from the provision of segregated, health-based, group services for people with a disability.
As such, when policies, strategies and action plans are in development in relation to persons with a disability, people with many conditions, including Parkinson's, are included.
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