National Treatment Purchase Fund Data

Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Questions (349)

Seán Sherlock

Question:

349. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current NTPF rates per bed for hospitals (details supplied). [33512/16]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Health

Midleton Community Hospital, St. Patrick's Community Hospital, Fermoy, and Bandon Community Hospital are public nursing homes. The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has no role in setting or negotiating prices for public residential care facilities. The maximum prices to be paid in public facilities, and referred to as the cost of care, are set by the HSE. The cost for each public nursing home is determined using the definition of long-term residential care services underpinned by an agreed set of cost components which have been laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. These include pay and non-pay goods and services.

The HSE has recently published the cost of care for all public nursing homes on their website http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/4/olderpeople/nhss/costofcareHSE.pdf.

The weekly cost of care in each of the aforementioned nursing homes is as follows:

Name of Public Centre	Cost of Care
Midleton Community Hospital and Long Stay Unit (Our Lady of Lourdes)	€1,410
St. Patrick's Community Hospital, Fermoy	€1,370
Bandon Community Hospital	€1,524

Question No. 350 answered with Question No. 335.