Primary Care
Functions & Responsibilities:
Primary Care develops policy and legislation to support the provision of high quality health care services in the community. These services include the development of Primary Care Teams; the pricing and supply of drugs and medicines under the GMS (Medical Card) Scheme and the community drugs schemes; and the Dental and Optical Schemes.
Key Objectives & Strategies:
- Promote, facilitate and monitor the implementation of the Primary Care Strategy.
- Develop policy and monitor service delivery of general practice, dental, optical, community audiology and chiropody services
- Contract issues relating to GPs, Dentists, Pharmacists and Opticians
- Develop and review pricing and reimbursement policy for medicines under the GMS and community drugs schemes.
Legislation
Agencies / Service Providers / Working Groups
Press Material
Publications
Other Useful Links
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Legislation
- Health Acts 1970 to 2010
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009
- Health Professionals (reduction of Payments to Community Pharmacy Contractors) Regulations 2009
Agencies / Service Providers / Working Groups
Press Material
Publications
Primary Care Strategy: Primary Care - A New Direction
Other Useful Links
The Primary Care Newsletter issued by the HSE provides monthly updates on various primary care developments that are taking place around the country.
http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Publications/services/Primary/news.html.
The Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) of the HSE makes payments to pharmacists, GPs, dentists, optometrists and ophthalmologists for the free or reduced cost services they supply to the public. It publishes an annual financial and statistical analysis of payments and a list of items reimbursable under the medical card and community drug schemes.
The Corporate Pharmaceutical Unit of the HSE promotes best practice across the organisation in relation to the use of drugs and medical devices. Pharmaceutical pricing agreements between the HSE and the Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of Ireland and the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association are available to download on the unit's webpage.
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Record Classes:
Administrative records in relation to the areas of work described below.
- Implementation of the Primary Care Strategy
- GP Contract
- GP Out-of-Hours Issues
- Pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policy
- Pharmaceutical Supply Reform
- Community Drug Schemes policy
- Oral Health Policy (including fluoridation)
- Audiology
- Community Optometric Services
- Chiropody Services
Significiant Systems:
N/A
Personal Information Holdings:
Some such information may be held on file where individuals have corresponded with the Minister or the Department about their own cases
Purpose:
As Above
Disclosees:
N/A
Notes: including information on admin access practice, ebriefs etc:
N/A
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Staff
| Principal Officer | Teresa Cody |
|---|---|
| Assistant Principal Officers | Chris Kane |
| Bernadette McDonnell | |
| Tommy Wilson |
Contact
- Telephone: 01 - 635 4000
