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. The NTPF pays for public patients to obtain treatment in private hospitals in Ireland or abroad.

The Fund was established under Statutory Instrument 179 - National Treatment Purchase Fund (Establishment) Order, 2004, and the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act (2009).[1] The NTPF reduced waiting times for procedures from between 2 and 5 years in 2002[2] to an average of 2.4 months in 2009.[3]

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  1. ^ http://www.ntpf.ie/home/about.htm
  2. ^ BreakingNews.ie – Over 100,000 patients treated under NTPF scheme
  3. ^ The Irish Times – Patient waiting times decrease
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