Written answers
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Department of Health
HSE Savings
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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131. To ask the Minister for Health the sources of the additional €131 million non-Vote income to be collected by the Health Service Executive in 2015; the sources of at least €130 million saving to be achieved by the Health Service Executive, each in tabular form; and the amount of each that has been realised so far in 2015 [36804/15]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The approved level of non-capital expenditure for the HSE in 2015 was to be supported by the collection of an expected €131 million of outstanding private patient fee income.
Negotiations are ongoing with private health insurers in relation to reaching agreement on a Memorandum of Understanding which will address this outstanding debt issue by introducing better payment terms and improved cash collection for the HSE.
In relation to the second questions, specific savings and efficiencies of €130 million were identified by the HSE in the areas of procurement, generic drugs, reference pricing, clinical audit and agency costs and built into the Estimates for 2015. These savings are set out in the following table.
Description | €m |
---|---|
Procurement Savings (including drugs and medicines prices) | 95 |
Targeted reduction in agency and overtime costs | 30 |
Savings within acute hospitals associated with clinical audit and special investigations | 5 |
130 |
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