Written answers
Thursday, 26 November 2015
Department of Health
Hospital Procedures
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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164. To ask the Minister for Health if and when access to required tests and assessments at St. James's Hospital in County Dublin will be afforded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42152/15]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she should take the matter up with the consultant and the hospital involved. In relation to the specific case raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly. If he has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.
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