299. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health whether GPs can currently refer directly for gynaecological pelvic MRI under the GP access to community diagnostics scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50007/26]
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300. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the reason gynaecological pelvic MRI is not available through GP referral where other MRI indications, including orthopaedic pelvic indications, are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50008/26]
301. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or HSE intends to review GP access to gynaecological pelvic MRI as part of the national endometriosis framework and wider women’s health policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50009/26]
302. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health whether gynaecological pelvic MRI will be added to GP access pathways under appropriate clinical criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50010/26]
303. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE will create a direct GP referral pathway to specialist gynaecological imaging for suspected endometriosis or complex pelvic disease if direct GP access is not proposed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50011/26]
1356. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health to outline the current panel size of all general practitioners participating in the General Medical Services (GMS) scheme in North County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39478/26]
1357. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of general practitioners in north County Dublin with a breakdown of their GMS patient lists by GP visit card category (including General, over 70s, under 8s and carers) and medical card category, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39479/26]
1358. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if any general practitioners in North County Dublin have open or under-subscribed GMS lists; to provide the panel sizes in each such case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39480/26]
1359. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health to provide the current GMS panel size for each registered general practitioner in north County Dublin, as of the most recent date available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39481/26]
1360. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the position regarding measures being taken, or planned, by her Department or the HSE to address capacity constraints which may impact on eligible persons accessing GP services and the schemes to which they are entitled in north County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39482/26]
41. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the criteria that an area must meet in order to have a dedicated D Doc service established; given the population of the Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush, Lusk and surrounding areas, if she plans to establish a D Doc service in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16941/26]
332. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE holds data on the number of patients currently on waiting lists to register with a general practitioner in Skerries, Balbriggan, Rush and Lusk, in tabular form, by town; the national average for comparison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70668/25]
333. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if her Department has data as to the number of general practices in north County Dublin currently accepting new patients; the measures being taken to expand GP capacity in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70669/25]
336. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if the Department of Health or the HSE holds data on the number of patients currently on waiting lists to register with a GP in north County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70672/25]
337. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the impact of the expansion of pharmacist prescribing on GP workload in north County Dublin; if data is available on how this reform will improve access to GP-led healthcare in communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70682/25]
2653. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if GPs can refer their patients directly for x-rays and other radiology services locally without the need to refer them to accident and emergency departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47312/25]
2764. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the current general practitioner to population in the Fingal area, particularly in Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk; how this compares to the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41900/25]
2765. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address the capacity constraints of GP services in Fingal where population growth has outpaced GP supply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41901/25]
2766. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of public health contracts, by general practitioner in Fingal, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41902/25]
2767. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the plans her Department has to expand general practitioner training placements or incentivise practice establishment in high growth areas such as Balbriggan, Rush and Lusk, where demand is increasing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41903/25]
3101. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the criteria required to open a DDoc service in the north of Swords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43224/25]
873. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand the opening hours of the D-Doc services for Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk, given the increase in population seen in recent times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38811/25]
1517. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on any work his Department has undertaken to increase the number of general practitioners in communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1210/25]