Ken O'Flynn
Written
1289. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any central register exists recording the total annual cost per treatment category funded under the treatment abroad scheme. [39191/26]
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Ken O'Flynn
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Ken O'Flynn
Written
1290. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records clinical outcomes, complication rates or patient satisfaction data in respect of procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme. [39192/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1291. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health has carried out any review assessing whether certain procedures regularly funded abroad under the treatment abroad scheme could be developed domestically within the public health system. [39193/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1292. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any maximum financial approval thresholds apply under the treatment abroad scheme before additional senior management or Departmental approval is required. [39194/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1293. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Comptroller and Auditor General has conducted any audit specifically examining value-for-money, expenditure controls or financial governance under the treatment abroad scheme since 2020. [39195/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1294. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains data comparing the cost of treatments funded abroad under the treatment abroad scheme against estimated equivalent domestic treatment costs. [39196/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1295. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the treatment abroad scheme is currently subject to any formal risk assessment relating to expenditure growth, cost escalation, or dependency on overseas treatment provision. [39197/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1296. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external consultancy, economic review, or health technology assessment has been commissioned in relation to expenditure under the treatment abroad scheme since 2020. [39198/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1297. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains any central register of adverse clinical outcomes, complications, revision procedures, hospital readmissions or patient safety incidents arising from treatments funded under the treatment abroad scheme.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39199/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1298. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE receives any routine post-treatment clinical outcome reports from overseas providers in respect of procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme. [39200/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1299. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any structured patient follow-up programme exists for persons returning to Ireland following procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme. [39201/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1300. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department or HSE has carried out any review of long-term patient outcomes associated with procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme since 2020. [39202/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1301. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any value-for-money framework exists comparing the clinical outcomes and costs associated with overseas procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme against equivalent treatment pathways domestically. [39203/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1302. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains any provider-level performance monitoring system in respect of overseas hospitals or clinics receiving treatment abroad scheme referrals. [39204/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1303. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal patient safety governance framework exists specifically governing procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme. [39205/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1304. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints, adverse incident reports, legal claims or clinical governance concerns associated with procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme since 2020. [39206/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1305. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has sought legal advice regarding governance and duty-of-care obligations arising from State-funded overseas medical procedures where no structured outcomes monitoring system exists. [39207/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1306. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of structured clinical outcome monitoring under the treatment abroad scheme has been identified on any Departmental or HSE risk register. [39208/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1307. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a category-specific expenditure breakdown for procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme; and if so, whether gender affirmation surgeries are separately identifiable within those records. [39210/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1308. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any value-for-money assessment has been conducted regarding overseas gender affirmation surgeries funded under the treatment abroad scheme since 2020. [39211/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1309. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any risk assessment, governance review or assurance process has been undertaken specifically relating to overseas gender affirmation surgery approvals under the treatment abroad scheme. [39212/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1310. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Comptroller and Auditor General has ever examined category-specific overseas treatment expenditure under the treatment abroad scheme; and if so, to provide details. [39213/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1311. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health receives specialty-specific approval or expenditure data from the treatment abroad scheme during quarterly oversight meetings. [39214/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1312. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national clinical governance framework exists governing referrals for overseas gender affirmation surgeries funded through the treatment abroad scheme. [39215/26]
Ken O'Flynn
Written
1313. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records the total annual number of gender affirmation surgery applications approved under the treatment abroad scheme since 2020, by year. [39216/26]