Emmet Stagg
Question:215 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that (a) patients attending day hospitals for psychiatric problems in both Kilcock and Celbridge day hospitals in County Kildare, cannot now get their medication at the day hospitals as the nurses who previously gave out the medication are not qualified pharmacists and (b) that the only option open to these people if they wish to obtain their medication free of charge, which is the norm in psychiatric cases, is to attend the central pharmacy in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; having regard to the fact that this is not a suitable arrangement for a large number of sub-patients who live in areas where public transport is non-existent, if he will now approve the appointment of a pharmacist to attend the day hospitals in both Kilcock and Celbridge on a weekly basis, thereby ensuring that patients will not go into a relapse due to their inability to get their required medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
