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Issues arising
Wiley (2005) on NTPF
See ntpf.ie
BARRY, J ET AL – INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH IN IRELAND
HEALTH INEQUALITIES ON THE ISLAND OF IRELAND 2007 PUBLIC HEALTH ALLIANCE
in relation to health services there is a need for
The 2005 C and AG report on NTPF ch 14 dept of health and children
The Waiting List Initiative (WLI) was introduced in 1993 as a short-term initiative to tackle the problem of significant numbers of public patients waiting excessively long periods for elective (i.e. non-emergency) hospital procedures. the initiative continued until 2003 by which time it had been funded on an annual basis to a total cost of €290 million
The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) was announced by the Minister for Health and Children in April 2002, as a key initiative of the Health Strategy to treat patients who have been longest on hosp in patient waiting lists.
The 2001 Health Strategy28 set a target that by end of 2004 no public patient would wait longer than three months for treatment.
The Strategy visualised the development of a national waiting time database by the proposed National Hospitals Agency.
This database would help channel patients awaiting treatment to an appropriate hospital with sufficient capacity. The management and classification of waiting lists was to be reorganised in several important ways and used in the operation of the NTPF
Patients can be referred to the NTPF by their GP, hospitals or Consultant, or they can contact the NTPF directly.
Co-location ex Beacon Medical Group
Quote from Mary Harney in a parliamentary debate : All privat patients and overflow public patients treated in co-located facility
Apprx 53% have private health insurance
Private bed designation % in Public Hospitals out of kilter with % Privately Insured Fewer hospital beds now than in 1960s
2nd worst health service in Europe – 2006 euro health consumer index
In 2020 it is predicted that we will have an
Issues arising
Wiley (2005) on NTPF
See ntpf.ie
BARRY, J ET AL – INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH IN IRELAND
HEALTH INEQUALITIES ON THE ISLAND OF IRELAND 2007 PUBLIC HEALTH ALLIANCE
in relation to health services there is a need for
The 2005 C and AG report on NTPF ch 14 dept of health and children
The Waiting List Initiative (WLI) was introduced in 1993 as a short-term initiative to tackle the problem of significant numbers of public patients waiting excessively long periods for elective (i.e. non-emergency) hospital procedures. the initiative continued until 2003 by which time it had been funded on an annual basis to a total cost of €290 million
The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) was announced by the Minister for Health and Children in April 2002, as a key initiative of the Health Strategy to treat patients who have been longest on hosp in patient waiting lists.
The 2001 Health Strategy28 set a target that by end of 2004 no public patient would wait longer than three months for treatment.
The Strategy visualised the development of a national waiting time database by the proposed National Hospitals Agency.
This database would help channel patients awaiting treatment to an appropriate hospital with sufficient capacity. The management and classification of waiting lists was to be reorganised in several important ways and used in the operation of the NTPF
Patients can be referred to the NTPF by their GP, hospitals or Consultant, or they can contact the NTPF directly.
Co-location ex Beacon Medical Group
Quote from Mary Harney in a parliamentary debate : All privat patients and overflow public patients treated in co-located facility
Apprx 53% have private health insurance
Private bed designation % in Public Hospitals out of kilter with % Privately Insured Fewer hospital beds now than in 1960s
2nd worst health service in Europe – 2006 euro health consumer index
In 2020 it is predicted that we will have an