Oireachtas Health Committee member Sorca Clarke is making the call.
The HSE needs to fast-track its access scheme for rare disease medicines.
That's according to Oireachtas Health Committee member Sorca Clarke.
The Longford-Westmeath TD feels that the first point of contact should be medical experts and not public representatives.
Professor Michael Barry, Head of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics insists they do engage with patients in giving them their treatments.
Deputy Clarke says the current system isn't good enough:
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