Written answers

Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Department of Health

Hospitals Discharges

Photo of Margaret Murphy O'MahonyMargaret Murphy O'Mahony (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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401. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure used by consultants when discharging persons with serious illnesses in circumstances in which a person attends a number of consultants in different fields due to the diversity of his or her illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7125/18]

Photo of Margaret Murphy O'MahonyMargaret Murphy O'Mahony (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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402. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who have been attending consultants for many years for serious ongoing illnesses are being discharged without further consultation or follow up (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7126/18]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 401 and 402 together.

As the issues raised by the Deputy are a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly.

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