Written answers
Thursday, 2 October 2014
Department of Health
Patient Safety
Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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133. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority has put in place a standard to monitor patient safety risks and publish the outcome, morbidity and mortality, for sub-arachnoid haemorrhage patients who are brought to hospitals which cannot provide emergency neurosurgical treatment and are then referred but not accepted for treatment in the national referral centre for neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; if no such standard has been put in place, the reasons for the non-implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37445/14]
Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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134. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority has ever submitted a proposed standard for approval, under the Health Act 2007, to monitor patient safety risks and to publish the outcome, morbidity or mortality, for sub-arachnoid haemorrhage patients who are not accepted for emergency neurosurgical or endovascular treatment in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; if such patient safety standards are not in place, the way the authority may fulfil its obligation under the Health Act 2007, section 8(1)(b), to set standards on safety and quality, and 8(1)(c) to monitor compliance with the standards referred to in 8(1)(b). [37446/14]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 and 134 together.
My Department has been informed by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) that it supported discussions between the Health Service Executive, Beaumont Hospital and Cork University Hospital which resulted in the publication in 2010 of Guidelines for the Management of a Patient with a Sub arachnoid Haemorrhage. Governance of implementation, adherence, monitoring and audit associated with the Guideline is the responsibility of the service providers.
Under the Health Act 2007, HIQA monitors compliance with the National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare, which were published in June 2012. The National Standards are not illness or condition specific but they have been designed so that they can be implemented in all healthcare services, settings and locations. Theme 2 (Effective Care and Support) of the National Standards for Safer Better Healthcarestates that the fundamental principle of effective care and support is that it consistently delivers the best achievable outcomes for people using a service within the context of that service, and the resources available to it. The Standards promote the use of National Clinical Guidelines and nationally agreed protocols, care bundles and care pathways where available.
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