Reimbursing patients in the Republic for private healthcare in the North looks set to be further extended
Published: Tuesday, 09 March 2021 12:34
A temporary scheme to replace the former Cross-Border Directive was described as a ‘sticky plaster’ at the Oireathas Brexit Committee yesterday, by Mayo Senator Lisa Chambers.
The scheme provides reimbursement of private healthcare for patients travelling to the north to undergo outpatient surgeries, due to long waiting list across the region.
Senator Chambers says that there are plans to extend the 12-month continuation of the directive, in the form of the new Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme, and put it on a statutory footing.