Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 July 2020
1106. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason the provision of a treatment (details supplied) at general practitioner clinics is not covered under the GMS scheme or the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15178/20]
View answerIn May 2019, agreement was reached with the IMO on a major package of GP contractual reforms and service developments which will benefit patients and general practitioners.
Under this agreement and since the beginning of 2020 GPs are paid by the HSE to provide venesection for GMS patients with haemochromatosis. This means that GMS patients with this condition can now be managed locally by their GP and no longer have to attend hospitals for therapeutic phlebotomy.
