Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 October 2022
795. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the work of his Department towards enhancing the provision of community-based vasectomy services; if he will provide an update on the work to develop a standard GP contract for the provision of vasectomy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51792/22]
View answerThe development of a standard contract for the provision of vasectomy services is a component of the HSE streamlining and coordination agenda in line with the 2019 Agreement between the Department of Health, the HSE, and the IMO on Contractual Reform and Service Development. Pending the development of the standard contract, as an interim measure local health areas can utilise the HSE’s National Service Arrangement documentation with schedules particularised to the service in question, thereby bringing to bear some degree of standardisation in approach and moving in a meaningful way towards compliance with HSE’s governance framework for service arrangements with external service providers.
