Hospital Staff Issues

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Questions (210)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

210. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available in 2013 under the clinical care programme for the establishment of a full time paediatric diabetic clinical nurse specialist for Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, in view of the fact that expert advisory group recommends one paediatric diabetics clinical nurse specialist for every 100 children and there are currently around 138 children with diabetes attending the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51786/12]

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Minister for Health

The HSE National Clinical Programme for Diabetes - which includes the care of children and adolescents with diabetes - was established within the Clinical Strategy and Programmes Directorate. The purpose of the Programme is to define the way diabetic Clinical Services should be delivered, resourced and measured; and a clinician has been appointed to lead on the development of the programme. In relation to the specific query raised by the Deputy, as this is a local service issue, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.