Joan Collins
Ceist:221. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation; and if the person can be referred to the NTPF scheme. [18596/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraHospital Waiting Lists
Ceisteanna (221)
Freagraí scríofa
Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The National Waiting List Management Policy, a standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2014, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists.
The recently launched Inpatient/Day Case Action Plan outlines the combined impact of HSE and NTPF activity in 2018 to reduce the number of patients waiting for treatment to below 70,000 in 2018. The Action Plan commits to offering treatment to all patients of high-volume procedures - specifically cataracts, hip/knee replacements, tonsils, angiograms, skin lesions and varicose veins - who are clinically suitable for outsourcing and who have been waiting more than 9 months for treatment.
The NTPF authorises public hospitals to offer outsourced treatment to clinically suitable long waiting patients who are on an inpatient/day case waiting list for surgery. These patients would have been referred on to such a list following clinical assessment by a consultant/specialist at an outpatient clinic. The NTPF advise that they cannot discuss details of individual patients. NTPF authorisations are made in respect of the longest waiting patients first.
In respect to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
Hospital Appointments Status
Ceisteanna (222)
Pearse Doherty
Ceist:222. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18602/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Hospital Appointments Status
Ceisteanna (223)
Mary Butler
Ceist:223. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18614/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The National Waiting List Management Policy, a standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2014, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
Hospital Appointments Status
Ceisteanna (224)
Mary Butler
Ceist:224. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18615/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The National Waiting List Management Policy, a standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2014, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
Hospital Waiting Lists
Ceisteanna (225)
James Lawless
Ceist:225. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health if surgery required for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the waiting time for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18620/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The National Waiting List Management Policy, a standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2014, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
Hospital Appointments Status
Ceisteanna (226)
Michael Healy-Rae
Ceist:226. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18624/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The National Waiting List Management Policy, a standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2014, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
Nursing Home Services
Ceisteanna (227)
Brian Stanley
Ceist:227. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if a decision has been made to fund a new nursing home (details supplied) in County Laois; if a preliminary design has been completed; and the estimated cost of the project. [18626/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of healthcare infrastructure projects, the Executive has been requested to reply directly to the Deputy about the development of a nursing home in Mountmellick.
Hospital Transfers
Ceisteanna (228)
Pearse Doherty
Ceist:228. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be transferred from Our Lady's Hospital, Manorhamilton, to local rheumatology services at Letterkenny University Hospital with a view to continue receiving the appropriate medical treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18636/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Home Care Packages Administration
Ceisteanna (229)
Alan Farrell
Ceist:229. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to remove the in loco parentis clause for home care nursing packages for sick children in view of the adverse impact it is having on families in many cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18644/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
As this question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply.
Health Services Funding
Ceisteanna (230)
Maureen O'Sullivan
Ceist:230. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the extent of funding given to an organisation (details supplied) in 2017 and to date in 2018. [18656/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
Ceisteanna (231)
Jim O'Callaghan
Ceist:231. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the reason priority patients on the orthodontic waiting list are not being seen within one year; if the waiting list initiative for orthodontic treatment will be revised in order that priority patients are afforded treatment within one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18657/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
Health Services Staff Recruitment
Ceisteanna (232)
Peter Burke
Ceist:232. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be replaced; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18673/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
As this is a service issue, I have referred it to the HSE for a direct reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Mental Health Services
Ceisteanna (233)
James Browne
Ceist:233. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the community healthcare organisation or CHOs that do not make individual placement support available to their mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18680/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
Laboratory Facilities
Ceisteanna (234)
James Browne
Ceist:234. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of percutaneous coronary intervention or PCI cardiac care at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18684/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
Following an independent review of the need for a second cath lab in University Hospital Waterford (UHW), the Herity report concluded that the needs of the effective catchment population for Waterford University Hospital could be accommodated within a single cath lab. Funding has been provided to support extension of the existing cath lab operating hours to 12 weekly sessions per week, or by 20%, as recommended in the Herity Report. Recruitment efforts to support this service extension are ongoing.
In the interim, a mobile cath lab service has been provided. The mobile cath lab was initially deployed in October 2017 and last week I directed that it should stay in place for a further number of weeks to allow time for UHW to complete recruitment of the additional staff required for the service extension to the existing cath lab.
A modular cath lab has also been proposed, as an interim solution pending the outcome of the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services, and the Department of Health is currently examining this proposal at my request.
A national review of specialist cardiac services is underway, which aims to achieve optimal patient outcomes at population level with particular emphasis on the safety, quality and sustainability of the services that patients receive by establishing the need for an optimal configuration of a national adult cardiac service. In terms of scope, the National Review will cover scheduled and unscheduled hospital-based services for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac disease in adults. The Steering Group for the review held its first meeting on 31 January last. As set out in the National Development Plan 2018-2027, investment in cardiac catheterisation laboratories and other cardiac services infrastructure nationally will be informed by the outcome of the National Review.