Written answers
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Department of Health
Health Services Provision
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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1140. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given a date to undergo surgery in St James's Hospital; if, in the event of a delay in providing a date for their surgery, it can be arranged to take place in a private hospital; and the reason they were not offered this surgery to take place in a private hospital after waiting over six months in chronic pain [1146/17]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, 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 you directly.
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