National Treatment Purchase Fund

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The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) is an Irish government body which was established to decrease waiting lists in the Irish public healthcare system.

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The Fund was established in May 2004 by order of the Minister for Health and Children, Micheál Martin. [1] [2] Its remit was extended under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009. [3] The NTPF reduced waiting times for procedures from between 2 and 5 years in 2002 [4] to an average of 2.4 months in 2009. [5]

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  1. ↑ National Treatment Purchase Fund Board (Establishment) Order 2004 ( S.I. No. 179 of 2004 ). Signed on 22 April 2004by Micheál Martin , Minister for Health and Children . Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland .Retrieved from Irish Statute Book .
  2. ↑ "National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF)" . Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ↑ Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009, s. 41: Amendment of National Treatment Purchase Fund Board (Establishment) Order 2004 ( No. 15 of 2009, s. 41 ). Enacted on 1 July 2009. Act of the Oireachtas .Retrieved from Irish Statute Book .; Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 (Commencement) (Certain Provisions) Order 2009 ( S.I. No. 256 of 2009 ). Signed on 3 July 2009by Mary Harney , Minister for Health and Children . Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland .Retrieved from Irish Statute Book .
  4. ↑ "Over 100,000 patients treated under NTPF scheme". BreakingNews.ie. 14 June 2011. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Carbery, Genevieve (1 December 2009). "Patient waiting times decrease". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
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