Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health if any private hospitals have offered beds for cystic fibrosis patients as an interim solution while the new cystic fibrosis unit is being built at St. Vincent's hospital. [14338/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Decisions on bed allocations are based on the clinical needs of cystic fibrosis patients. It is not practice to transfer cystic fibrosis patients to private hospital facilities for clinical reasons. The medical needs of the patients admitted to hospital require the full support of the multi-disciplinary team, all of whom would have specialist training to deal with CF patients.

Where it is not always possible to admit a CF patient to a designated CF bed, for medical reasons the patient is deemed to be still better off in an acute hospital bed where there is full access to the CF medical team and support staff.