National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 January 2019

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Ceisteanna (655)

Louise O'Reilly

Ceist:

655. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the amount the NTPF pays per patient per eye for cataract surgery and IOL implants from initial consultation to final review. [54492/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Health

The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) advises that it procures capacity for the procedures listed in both private hospitals or public hospitals.

In order to ensure competitive pricing as part of its outsourcing programme, the NTPF works with private hospitals from the existing panel agreement and engages in procurement processes through e-tender. The NTPF also works with legal advisors and procurement specialists to ensure that all funding is appropriately spent.

The NTPF advises that as procedures are tendered for through an open procurement process the cost per procedure would be commercially sensitive.