Written answers
Thursday, 21 September 2017
Department of Health
Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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162. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40042/17]
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.
Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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163. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who has been assessed and who is deemed eligible to have non-elective surgery, in particular a right hip replacement, can have same expedited without further delay in view of the fact all the necessary assessments have now been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40095/17]
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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