Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2018
519. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health to outline the reason medical card holders are charged by their general practitioner each time they receive Faslodex 250 mg injections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44726/18]
View answerUnder the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or experience of a degree or kind which general practitioners cannot reasonably be expected to possess."
The HSE has advised that the GMS contract would comprehend the administration of Faslodex and other similar injections.
If a patient who holds a medical card or GP visit card believes he or she has been incorrectly charged for services provided by his or her GP, then that patient should report the matter to their HSE Local Health Office.
