Breeda Moynihan-Cronin
Question:218 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on the waiting list for radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the Southern Health Board area. [19770/99]
Written Answers. - Hospital Waiting Lists.
Radiotherapy services for the Southern Health Board region are provided at Cork University Hospital. Chemotherapy treatment is provided at Cork University, Tralee General and Bantry Hospitals respectively and at the Mercy and South Infirmary-Victoria hospitals.
I understand from information provided by Cork University Hospital that patients attending for radiotherapy treatment are treated within one month of being assessed by the relevant consultant. There are currently 69 patients awaiting treatment. There are no waiting lists for those requiring chemotherapy treatment.
Breeda Moynihan-Cronin
Question:219 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on the waiting list for hip replacement operations in the Southern Health Board area. [19771/99]
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. The latest period in 1999 for which information is available is in respect of the quarter ending 30 June 1999.
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St. Mary's Orthopaedic |
118 |
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Tralee General Hospital |
15 |
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Total |
133 |
In 1999, I provided a total of £1.145 million to the hospitals in the Southern Health Board area under the waiting list initiative.
I am pleased to inform the Deputy that nationally, 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 reduction in March and June 1999 are the first since December 1996. The results are the first time in which waiting lists have fallen in two successive quarters.
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 tack ling 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.
Breeda Moynihan-Cronin
Question:220 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of women on the waiting list for gynaecological procedures in the Southern Health Board area. [19772/99]
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. The latest period in 1999 for which information is available is in respect of the quarter ending 30 June 1999.
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Cork University Hospital |
14 |
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South Infirmary/Victoria |
186 |
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Tralee General Hospital |
63 |
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Total |
263 |
In 1999, I provided a total of £1.145 million to the hospitals in the Southern Health Board area under the waiting list initiative.
I am pleased to inform the Deputy that nationally, 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 reduction in March and June 1999 are the first since December 1996. The results are the first time in which waiting lists have fallen in two successive quarters.
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.
Breeda Moynihan-Cronin
Question:221 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children on the waiting list for ear, nose and throat procedures in the Southern Health Board area. [19773/99]
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. The latest period in 1999 for which information is available is in respect of the quarter ending 30 June 1999.
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South Infirmary/Victoria |
61 |
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Tralee General Hospital |
8 |
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Total |
69 |
In 1999, I provided a total of £1.145 million to the hospitals in the Southern Health Board area under the waiting list initiative.
I am pleased to inform the Deputy that nationally, 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 reduction in March and June 1999 are the first since December 1996. The results are the first time in which waiting lists have fallen in two successive quarters.
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 hospitals 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.