1283. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any mortality, morbidity or patient-outcome analysis has been conducted examining the impact of delayed ambulance allocation or dispatch since 2020.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37889/26]
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1284. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any review has been conducted since the 2016 NAS Baseline and Capacity Review regarding the achievability of national ambulance response standards [37890/26]
1285. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE considers the absence of dispatch-related risks on the NAS Risk Register to indicate that no significant operational risk currently exists within ambulance dispatch systems nationally. [37891/26]
1286. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any regional variance data exists comparing ambulance allocation times between urban and rural regions. [37892/26]
1287. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service maintains any internally recorded median or average ambulance allocation times from 999 call receipt to dispatch decision; and whether those figures are publicly reported. [37894/26]
1288. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE or National Ambulance Service maintains any dataset linking ambulance dispatch or allocation delays with patient outcomes, including mortality, clinical deterioration, cardiac arrest survival, or adverse incident reporting. [37895/26]
1289. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national threshold exists for what constitutes an "extreme delay" in ambulance allocation or dispatch; and if so, to provide details of the threshold and escalation procedures. [37896/26]
1290. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any review has been conducted since the 2016 NAS Baseline and Capacity Review regarding the statement that HIQA ambulance response standards were "impossible to achieve"; and whether revised national targets were subsequently adopted. [37897/26]
1291. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health who authorised the operational replacement or modification of the HIQA ambulance response standards referenced in the 2016 NAS Capacity Review. [37898/26]
1292. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal analysis has been conducted regarding regional disparities in ambulance allocation times between urban and rural areas since 2020. [37899/26]
1293. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether ambulance dispatch performance data is reviewed at Departmental level through the HSE Performance and Accountability Framework; and if so, which indicators are monitored. [37900/26]
1294. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any risk assessment has been conducted regarding the absence of dispatch-time risks on the National Ambulance Service, NAS, risk register, despite ongoing pressures relating to ambulance demand and emergency department handover delays. [37901/26]
1295. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service maintains any internal maximum acceptable time thresholds between receipt of a 999 call and ambulance resource allocation; and if so, to provide the thresholds applicable to each call category. [37902/26]
1296. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service records the number of incidents in which ambulance allocation exceeds internally accepted dispatch timelines; and if so, to provide annual figures from 2020 to date. [37903/26]
1297. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal analysis has been conducted examining correlations between ambulance dispatch delays and patient deterioration, morbidity, mortality, or adverse clinical outcomes since 2020. [37904/26]
1298. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any risk assessments have been conducted regarding the inability to achieve historic HIQA ambulance response standards; and whether these risks are currently recorded within any national HSE risk management framework. [37905/26]
1299. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any reports, briefings, or governance documents since 2020 have identified ambulance dispatch timelines as presenting a patient safety risk. [37906/26]
1300. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service maintains a dataset recording the longest ambulance dispatch allocation delays nationally and by region; and if so, to provide details. [37907/26]
1301. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any category of ambulance call is currently operating outside intended dispatch allocation standards on a recurring basis. [37908/26]
1302. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal escalation thresholds exist within the National Emergency Operations Centre for excessive ambulance allocation delays. [37909/26]
1303. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any updated capacity review of the National Ambulance Service since the 2016 NAS Baseline and Capacity Review.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37910/26]
1304. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any modelling has been conducted since 2020 regarding the investment required to achieve full compliance with historic HIQA ambulance response standards. [37911/26]
562. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure by the HSE in each of the years on the reimbursement of medicines prescribed for erectile dysfunction, including sildenafil and tadalafil; medicines prescribed for menopause-related conditions, including hormone replacement therapy products and topical vaginal oestrogen preparations, under the general medical services scheme, the drugs paymen…
563. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether service provision for early pregnancy loss is standardised across HSE hospital groups; and if she will provide any available comparative information on access to Early Pregnancy Units, diagnostic services, and medical management pathways between hospital groups. [36002/26]
564. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the clinical pathways in place in each HSE maternity hospital and hospital group for the management of early pregnancy loss; whether medical management using pharmacological treatment including Misoprostol is available within each hospital group; and if she will provide a breakdown of the models of care in operation (including expectant, medical and surgical manag…