Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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1359. To ask the Minister for Health when he will meet with persons (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that he has not met with an organisation since he assumed office in June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19332/22]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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1579. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in finalising a national stroke strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20195/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1359 and 1579 together.

I am advised by the HSE that the HSE National Clinical Programme for Stroke (NCP Stroke) final draft National Stroke Strategy 2021-2026 was presented at the HSE Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) Clinical Forum at its meeting last July 2021 and was subsequently clinically approved by the Forum, following some minor changes. 

To support implementation of the HSE National Service Plan 2022, consultation and mapping of the Stroke Strategy was required against significant national programmes of work such as the Enhanced Community Care Programme (ECCP) and Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Programme. This consultation and mapping exercise was to ensure that the Stroke Strategy is integrated with these national programmes in order to maximise on the delivery of services to address key priorities as 

part of population healthcare management. 

Consultation and mapping of the strategy against these national programmes of work is now complete and will be reviewed by the HSE Executive Management Team (EMT) over the coming weeks. Consideration will then be given towards publication.

As I am still awaiting submission of the HSE’s approved and published National Stroke Strategy 2021-2026 I am not yet in a position to meet representatives of the Irish Heart Foundation.