Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2018
690. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if it is planned to replace the specialist bariatric nurse who retired from Galway University Hospital in June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45519/18]
Amharc ar fhreagra691. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when it is planned to appoint a senior dietician and a clinical psychologist to the bariatric unit in GUH in line with the recommendations of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45520/18]
Amharc ar fhreagra692. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when it is planned to develop a new bariatric unit on the site of unit 4 in Merlin Park as agreed by the hospital board in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45521/18]
Amharc ar fhreagra693. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the steps he plans to take to deal with the consistent deprioritisation of patients who need urgent bariatric surgery leading to specialist surgeons not having access to theatre for these operations thus leading to negative outcomes for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45522/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 690 to 693, inclusive, together.
The query raised is a service matter and I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.
