1142. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has established any formal governance framework to ensure consistency, accuracy, and completeness of counselling service data across Health Service Executive regions; and if she will outline same. [29955/26]
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1143. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any timelines, milestones, or implementation targets have been set under the Digital for Care 2030 framework in relation to the development of standardised national reporting for counselling services; and if she will provide details. [29956/26]
1144. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted any gap analysis between current counselling service reporting practices and international best practice standards for health service data reporting; and if so, the findings and any actions arising. [29957/26]
2866. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that the absence of a national minimum training standard or competency requirement for general practitioners in the assessment and management of suicidal ideation and self-harm presentations, including in children and adolescents, constitutes a gap in national patient safety and suicide prevention policy; and if she will outline the basis on w…
2867. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department intends to introduce a national policy framework setting out minimum competency and training requirements for general practitioners in the assessment and management of suicidal ideation and self-harm presentations; if so, the timeline for its development and implementation; and whether such requirements will be mandatory across all primary …
2868. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail the governance, oversight, and funding arrangements in place for the development of the proposed self-harm and suicide prevention training package for trainee general practitioners; to specify whether this programme will be subject to Departmental approval; and whether it is intended to form part of a nationally mandated standard. [24668/26]
2869. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms that are in place at Department level to ensure consistency in the assessment and management of suicidal ideation and self-harm presentations in primary care in the absence of a national minimum standard; and whether any risk assessment has been undertaken regarding variation in clinical practice. [24669/26]
2870. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department collects or requires the collection of data relating to outcomes, referrals, or adverse incidents associated with the management of suicidal ideation and self-harm presentations in primary care; and if she will outline any audit or review processes in place to assess quality and consistency of care. [24670/26]
3248. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of approved posts within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, by discipline and by health region, as provided for under the most recent National Service Plan; the number of filled posts in each category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26630/26]
3249. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the vacancy rates within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, by discipline and by health region; the number of posts currently vacant for more than 3, 6 and 12 months; and the measures in place at national level to address these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26631/26]
3250. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) teams currently operating nationwide; the number of those teams operating below the staffing levels recommended under national policy and clinical guidance; the criteria used by the HSE to determine minimum safe staffing levels for CAMHS teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26632…
3251. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE has conducted, commissioned or received any audit, review, report or risk assessment relating to referral acceptance, refusal or rejection practices within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services since 2020; if so, to provide details of same and any recommendations arising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [266…
3252. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints received by or on behalf of the HSE in relation to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in each of the past five years; the systems in place to record and categorise such complaints at national level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26634/26]
3253. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) is separately identifiable within the HSE's national complaints management system; if not, the reason for same; any plans to introduce service-specific categorisation for CAMHS complaints; and the timeline for implementation of such measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26635/26]
3254. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of approved new posts for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services under the National Service Plans for 2024 and 2025; the number of these posts filled to date; the number currently in recruitment; and the expected timelines for full recruitment to these posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26636/26]
3255. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the extent to which health regions are permitted to reconfigure, defer or reassign approved Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services posts under the current governance model; the national oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that such decisions do not reduce service capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26637/26]
500. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been undertaken measuring the contract’s impact on waiting lists or consultant recruitment. [21249/26]
2147. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a national standard definition is applied across the Health Service Executive for reporting counselling activity within the counselling in primary care service and the childhood abuse or neglect counselling service; specifically whether reporting distinguishes between new clients, returning clients and the number of sessions delivered; and if she will mak…
2148. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department or the Health Service Executive has issued national policy guidance governing how counselling activity statistics are compiled and reported by Health Regions, including definitions used for client numbers and activity totals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20371/26]
2149. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive conducts any national audit, verification or quality assurance process to ensure consistency and accuracy in counselling activity data submitted by Health Regions to the National Business Information Unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20372/26]
2150. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether national counselling activity statistics published by the Health Service Executive are adjusted or reconciled to avoid double counting where an individual client receives multiple counselling sessions within a reporting period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20373/26]
2151. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has considered introducing a centralised national reporting framework for counselling activity within the Health Service Executive in order to ensure consistency of definitions and comparability of activity data across Health Regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20374/26]
976. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of incidents of seclusion, physical restraint and other restrictive interventions recorded in each child and adolescent mental health services inpatient unit in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; whether trauma-informed training is mandatory for all clinical and support staff in these units; if not, the reason it is not mandatory; the total funding …
977. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether trauma-informed educational interventions such as those evaluated in a child and adolescent inpatient mental health unit are being rolled out nationally across CAMHS units; and if not, the plans that are in place to do so. [14440/26]
978. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of beds at the Central Mental Hospital in Portrane and other National Forensic Mental Health Service (NFMHS) facilities that remain unavailable due to staffing or operational delays, and the reasons why they are not yet operational; the average waiting time for transfer and the number of individuals who have waited over 12 months in inappropriate prison…