Written answers
Thursday, 19 October 2017
Department of Health
Health Services Provision
Tony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intestinal failure syndrome patients who are in the care of the HSE or who were in the care of the HSE at the end of 2016; his views on the incidence and prevalence of intestinal failure syndrome here compared with its incidence and prevalence in other countries in western Europe; his or the HSE's plans for the establishment of a specialist service here; if his Department or the HSE observes potential clinical or logistical and efficiency benefits that would be achieved for persons and for the HSE through the establishment of a tertiary referral centre for persons who develop severe intestinal failure and a single specialist unit to manage adult intestinal failure patients who receive out of hospital parenteral nutrition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44365/17]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I am aware that a business case for the establishment of a dedicated centre for Intestinal Failure was prepared by St James’s Hospital. Any proposals for the funding for the centre for Intestinal failure in St. James's, including children with intestinal failure transitioning from the national paediatric unit at Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, will have to be considered as part of the Dublin Midland Hospital Group’s overall priorities and with regard to national priorities for service development in the context of resources available in 2018. In relation to the service issues raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
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