Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 June 2012
567 Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Health if a review of the possibility of children with cerebral palsy having access to the National Treatment Purchase Fund is currently under way in the Health Service Executive; when this report will be finalised. [30657/12]
View answerIn July 2011 I announced changes to the remit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) — namely its role would be changed to support the mission of the Special Delivery Unit (SDU). The NTPF is now fully aligned with the SDU and is targeting waiting lists strategically and incentivising hospitals to manage their waiting times proactively. The NTPF capability is a core part of the SDU's performance improvement role in holding public hospitals to account.
The NTPF does not have any remit around the delivery of disability services and I can confirm that the SDU and NTPF are not in the process of reviewing this policy at present.
