PQ 331
331. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the protocols for transporting patients between two facilities (details supplied); if it is standard practice for residents in this rehabilitation facility to have to cover the cost of specialised transport, for example, wheelchair accessible taxis to and from hospital follow-up appointments when the person is an inpatient receiving rehabilitative treatment; his views on whether it is acceptable for patients such as this to have to cover these transport costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20795/18]
Introduced
15 May 2018
Last action
15 May 2018 · Patient Transport
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written
Sponsors
Shortall, Róisín.
Subjects
Transport
Source updated
15 May 2018
Summary
331. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the protocols for transporting patients between two facilities (details supplied); if it is standard practice for residents in this rehabilitation facility to have to cover the cost of specialised transport, for example, wheelchair accessible taxis to and from hospital follow-up appointments when the person is an inpatient receiving rehabilitative treatment; his views on whether it is acceptable for patients such as this to have to cover these transport costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20795/18]
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15 May 2018
Patient Transport
331. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the protocols for transporting patients between two facilities (details supplied); if it is standard practice for residents in this rehabilitation facility to have to cover the cost of specialised transport, for example, wheelchair accessible taxis to and from hospital follow-up appointments when the person is an inpatient receiving rehabilitative treatment; his views on whether it is acceptable for patients such as this to have to cover these transport costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20795/18]
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Patient Transport
Patient Transport
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2018-05-15/331/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/question/2018-05-15/pq_331
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