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39 Mr. McDowell asked the Minister for Health and Children the level of hospital waiting lists at the latest date for which figures are available by each hospital and speciality; the steps, if any, he is taking to ensure that the lists are reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18246/99]
The information requested by the Deputy is set out on the following tables, in the format collected by my Department.
I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the waiting list figures at the end of June 1999 show a reduction of 1,072 on the March figures. This means that waiting lists have fallen by almost 3,000, some 8 per cent since the beginning of this year. The reductions in March and June 1999 are the first since December 1996.
Since coming into office, I have taken an integrated approach to the problem of waiting lists. As the Deputy will be aware, I commissioned a review of the waiting list initiative. I am now implementing a series of measures aimed at tackling the root causes of waiting lists. I allocated £20 million this year to agencies specifically to undertake waiting list work, with £3 million of this funding being allocated to the agencies who achieved the greatest improvements in their waiting lists in the first quarter of the year. This was in line with the recommendations of the review group report.
I also allocated £9 million to services to older people and £2 million to accident and emergency services, with the aim of freeing acute hospital beds by ensuring the streamlining of emergency services and providing additional step-down and rehabilitation facilities for older people.
I am confident that the measures I have taken in tackling waiting lists represents the best way of addressing the underlying causes of waiting lists and long waiting times.
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Period 1 |
Period 2 |
Period 3 |
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|
Hospital |
1998 Jun. |
1999 Mar. |
1999 Jun |
Var P3/P2 |
Var P3/P1 |
|
St. Columcille's Hospital (Loughlinstown) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Naas General Hospital |
145 |
77 |
75 |
2 |
70 |
|
James Connolly Memorial Hospital (Blanchardstown) |
57 |
189 |
234 |
45 |
177 |
|
Baggot Street Hospital |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Portlaoise General Hospital |
167 |
155 |
126 |
29 |
41 |
|
Longford/Westmeath General Hospital(Mullingar) |
142 |
139 |
90 |
49 |
52 |
|
Tullamore General Hospital |
1,737 |
1,791 |
1,984 |
193 |
247 |
|
Our Lady of Lourdes (NEHB) |
399 |
948 |
925 |
23 |
528 |
|
Regional Hospital, (Dooradoyle) Limerick |
1,455 |
1,747 |
1,570 |
177 |
115 |
|
Regional Orthopaedic Hospital (Croom) |
468 |
419 |
331 |
88 |
137 |
|
Nenagh General Hospital |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ennis General Hospital |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Louth County Hospital, Dundalk |
6 |
24 |
0 |
24 |
6 |
|
Cavan General Hospital |
416 |
420 |
443 |
23 |
27 |
|
Our Lady's General Hospital, Navan |
477 |
612 |
839 |
27 |
162 |
|
Monaghan General Hospital |
98 |
224 |
275 |
51 |
177 |
|
Letterkenny General Hospital |
632 |
666 |
640 |
26 |
8 |
|
Sligo Regional Hospital |
1,544 |
1,316 |
1,251 |
65 |
293 |
|
Waterford Regional Hospital, Ardkeen |
1,617 |
796 |
742 |
54 |
875 |
|
St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny |
535 |
350 |
369 |
19 |
166 |
|
Orthopaedic Hospital, Kilcreene |
666 |
565 |
518 |
47 |
148 |
|
Wexford General Hospital |
335 |
624 |
395 |
229 |
60 |
|
St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonmel |
236 |
188 |
182 |
6 |
54 |
|
Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel |
59 |
9 |
3 |
6 |
56 |
|
St. Mary's Hospital, Gurranebraher |
738 |
634 |
582 |
52 |
156 |
|
Mallow General Hospital |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cork University Hospital |
923 |
1,039 |
1,151 |
112 |
228 |
|
Tralee General Hospital |
602 |
356 |
379 |
23 |
223 |
|
University College Hospital, Galway |
2,891 |
3,028 |
2,867 |
161 |
24 |
|
Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway |
473 |
238 |
292 |
54 |
181 |
|
Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar |
67 |
79 |
88 |
9 |
21 |
|
Roscommon General Hospital |
10 |
12 |
48 |
36 |
38 |
|
Adelaide Hospital |
638 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
638 |
|
Meath Hospital |
557 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
557 |
|
St. James's Hospital |
2,129 |
1,809 |
1,517 |
292 |
612 |
|
Mater Misericordiae Hospital |
3,212 |
3,613 |
3,759 |
146 |
547 |
|
St. Vincent's Hospital (Elm Park) |
1,891 |
2,811 |
3,010 |
199 |
1,119 |
|
St. Michael's Hospital (Dunlaoire) |
168 |
217 |
197 |
20 |
29 |
|
Mercy Hospital, Cork |
701 |
443 |
452 |
9 |
249 |
|
South Infimary/Victoria Hospital, Ltd. |
945 |
807 |
725 |
82 |
220 |
|
St. John's Hospital (Limerick) |
317 |
170 |
95 |
75 |
222 |
|
Portiuncula Hospital, (Ballinasloe) |
53 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
53 |
|
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (Voluntary. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Beaumont Hospital |
2,497 |
2,357 |
2,179 |
178 |
318 |
|
Coombe Women's Hospital |
87 |
115 |
110 |
5 |
23 |
|
National Maternity Hospital, Holles St. |
64 |
97 |
0 |
97 |
64 |
|
Rotunda Hospital, (Dublin) |
246 |
229 |
257 |
28 |
11 |
|
Waterford Maternity Hospital (Airmount) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Temple Street Children's Hosp. (Dublin) |
1,095 |
1,275 |
1,233 |
42 |
138 |
|
Our Lady's Hospital, (Crumlin) |
553 |
494 |
508 |
14 |
45 |
|
National Children's Hospital (Harcourt St.) |
124 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
124 |
|
Hume Street Hospital (Dublin) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
St. Lukes and St. Annes Hospitals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital (Dublin) |
700 |
782 |
729 |
53 |
29 |
|
St. Mary's Hospital, Cappagh |
1,459 |
1,672 |
1,296 |
376 |
163 |
|
National Rehabilitation Hospital |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tallaght Hospital |
0 |
1,460 |
1,658 |
198 |
1,658 |
|
Ennis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Overall Total |
34,331 |
34,996 |
33,924 |
1,072 |
407 |
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Period 1 |
Period 2 |
Period 3 |
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|
Specialty name |
1998 Jun. |
1999 Mar. |
1999 Jun |
Var P3/P2 |
Var P3/P1 |
|
E.N.T. |
7,638 |
7,263 |
7,420 |
157 |
218 |
|
Orthopaedics |
6,648 |
6,386 |
5,862 |
524 |
786 |
|
Ophthalmology |
3,608 |
4,257 |
4,135 |
122 |
527 |
|
Surgery |
3,357 |
3,051 |
3,007 |
44 |
350 |
|
Vascular |
2,762 |
2,652 |
2,523 |
129 |
239 |
|
Plastic Surgery |
1,578 |
2,425 |
2,454 |
29 |
876 |
|
Gynaecology |
2,545 |
2,537 |
2,302 |
235 |
243 |
|
Urology |
1,430 |
1,399 |
1,524 |
125 |
94 |
|
Cardiac Surgery |
1,211 |
1,187 |
1,106 |
81 |
105 |
|
Cardiology |
1,243 |
1,111 |
1,102 |
9 |
141 |
|
Neurosurgery |
380 |
412 |
444 |
32 |
64 |
|
Pain |
255 |
370 |
407 |
37 |
152 |
|
Dental |
388 |
546 |
394 |
152 |
6 |
|
Medicine |
193 |
447 |
259 |
188 |
66 |
|
Gastro-enterology |
243 |
203 |
214 |
11 |
29 |
|
Maxillo-Facial |
193 |
207 |
206 |
1 |
13 |
|
Respiratory |
151 |
137 |
140 |
3 |
11 |
|
Neurology |
70 |
75 |
89 |
14 |
19 |
|
Endocrine |
75 |
90 |
81 |
9 |
6 |
|
Dermatology |
38 |
32 |
67 |
35 |
29 |
|
Nephrology |
78 |
58 |
59 |
1 |
19 |
|
Thoracic |
39 |
52 |
53 |
1 |
14 |
|
Rheumatology |
91 |
77 |
50 |
27 |
41 |
|
Psychiatry |
18 |
20 |
20 |
0 |
2 |
|
Infectious Diseases |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
Haematology |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
Paediatrics |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Obstetrics |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Gerontology |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Metabolic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Endocrinology |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Radiotherapy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Orthodontics |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Rehabilitation |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Oncology |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Chemotherapy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Genito-Urinary |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Endoscopy |
93 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
93 |
|
Total |
34,331 |
34,996 |
33,924 |
1,072 |
407 |
