Written Answers. - Hospital Waiting Lists.
Alan Shatter
Question:
87
Mr. Shatter
asked the
Minister for Health and Children
the number of persons in each hospital and in respect of each speciality awaiting in-patient hospital treatment at 31 December 1999; the persons on the in-patient hospital waiting lists; and the total numbers nationally awaiting treatment in respect of each speciality.
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The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated and will be available shortly. Hospital in-patient waiting list figures as at 30 September 1999 are set as follows.
Public In-Patient Waiting List at end: September 1999
Eastern Health Board
Beaumont Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Cardiac Surgery
|
Adults (CABG)
|
144
|
Cardiology
|
|
150
|
Dental
|
|
118
|
Dermatology
|
|
1
|
E.N.T.
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
573
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (other procedures)
|
51
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (tonsils/adenoids)
|
48
|
Endocrine
|
|
18
|
Gastro-enterology
|
|
36
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
50
|
Medicine
|
|
11
|
Nephrology
|
|
52
|
Neurology
|
|
48
|
Neurosurgery
|
|
422
|
Oncology
|
|
2
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
112
|
Pain
|
|
36
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Adults (functional)
|
56
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Children (all procedures)
|
1
|
Psychiatry
|
|
1
|
Respiratory
|
|
16
|
Rheumatology
|
|
10
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
233
|
Urology
|
All procedures
|
227
|
Vascular
|
Other procedures
|
246
|
Vascular
|
Varicose veins
|
40
|
Sub-Total
|
Beaumont Hospital
|
2,722
|
Coombe Women's Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
107
|
Sub-Total
|
Coombe Women's Hospital
|
107
|
James Connolly Memorial Hospital (Blanchardstown)
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Endocrine
|
|
1
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
9
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Adults (functional)
|
104
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Children (all procedures)
|
14
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
117
|
Urology
|
All procedures
|
20
|
Sub-Total
|
James Connolly Memorial Hospital (Blanchardstown)
|
265
|
Mater Misericordiae Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Cardiac Surgery
|
Adults (CABG)
|
507
|
Cardiac Surgery
|
Adults (other surgery)
|
146
|
Cardiology
|
|
608
|
Dermatology
|
|
36
|
E.N.T.
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
407
|
Endocrine
|
|
67
|
Gastro-enterology
|
|
67
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
111
|
Infectious Diseases
|
|
1
|
Maxillo-Facial
|
|
40
|
Medicine
|
|
3
|
Nephrology
|
|
8
|
Neurology
|
|
18
|
Oncology
|
|
2
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (cataracts)
|
584
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (other procedures)
|
278
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
123
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total hip replacements
|
1
|
Pain
|
|
6
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Adults (cosmetic)
|
148
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Adults (functional)
|
339
|
Respiratory
|
|
39
|
Rheumatology
|
|
39
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
74
|
Urology
|
All procedures
|
92
|
Vascular
|
Other procedures
|
25
|
Vascular
|
Varicose veins
|
59
|
Sub-Total
|
Mater Misericordiae Hospital
|
3,828
|
Naas General Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Vascular
|
Varicose veins
|
76
|
Sub-Total
|
Naas General Hospital
|
76
|
Our Lady's Hospital, (Crumlin)
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Cardiac Surgery
|
Children (all procedures)
|
76
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (grommets)
|
75
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (other procedures)
|
36
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (tonsils/adenoids)
|
173
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Children (all procedures)
|
65
|
Sub-Total
|
Our Lady's Hospital, (Crumlin)
|
425
|
Rotunda Hospital, Dublin
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
225
|
Sub-Total
|
Rotunda Hospital, (Dublin)
|
225
|
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital (Dublin)
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
E.N.T.
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
142
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (grommets)
|
6
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (other procedures)
|
5
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (tonsils/adenoids)
|
46
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (cataracts)
|
285
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (other procedures)
|
251
|
Opthalmology
|
Children (all procedures)
|
56
|
Sub-Total
|
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital (Dublin)
|
791
|
St. Mary's Hospital, Cappagh
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other joint replacements
|
667
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total hip replacements
|
246
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total knee replacements
|
193
|
Sub-Total
|
St. Mary's Hospital, Cappagh
|
1,106
|
St. Michael's Hospital (Dunlaoire)
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
E.N.T.
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
69
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (other procedures)
|
12
|
Medicine
|
|
10
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
42
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
34
|
Urology
|
All procedures
|
15
|
Sub-Total
|
St. Michael's Hospital (Dunlaoire)
|
182
|
St. Vincent's Hospital (Elm Park)
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Cardiology
|
|
120
|
E.N.T.
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
720
|
Endocrine
|
|
8
|
Gastro-enterology
|
|
99
|
Gerontology
|
|
1
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
196
|
Haematology
|
|
3
|
Nephrology
|
|
5
|
Neurology
|
|
28
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (cataracts)
|
116
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (other procedures)
|
3
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
73
|
Pain
|
|
391
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Adult (cosmetic)
|
16
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Adults (functional)
|
199
|
Psychiatry
|
|
20
|
Respiratory
|
|
56
|
Rheumatology
|
|
5
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
405
|
Thoracic
|
|
64
|
Urology
|
All procedures
|
172
|
Vascular
|
Other procedures
|
76
|
Vascular
|
Varicose veins
|
375
|
Sub-Total
|
St. Vincent's Hospital (Elm Park)
|
3,151
|
St. James's Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Cardiac Surgery
|
Adults (other surgery)
|
362
|
Cardiology
|
|
15
|
Dermatology
|
|
2
|
E.N.T.
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
129
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (tonsils/adenoids)
|
3
|
Gastro-enterology
|
|
1
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
15
|
Maxillo-Facial
|
|
122
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
22
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Adults (functional)
|
191
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Children (all procedures)
|
7
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
83
|
Urology
|
All procedures
|
88
|
Vascular
|
Other procedures
|
74
|
Vascular
|
Varicose veins
|
478
|
Sub-Total
|
St. James's Hospital
|
1,592
|
Tallaght Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Cardiology
|
|
76
|
E.N.T..
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
227
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (tonsils/adenoids)
|
97
|
Endocrine
|
|
19
|
Gastro-enterology
|
|
7
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
26
|
Medicine
|
|
10
|
Nephrology
|
|
8
|
Neurology
|
|
7
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
474
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total hip replacements
|
212
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total knee replacements
|
141
|
Rheumatology
|
|
2
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
143
|
Urology
|
All procedures
|
219
|
Vascular
|
Other procedures
|
9
|
Sub-Total
|
Tallaght Hospital
|
1,677
|
Temple Street Children's Hospital (Dublin)
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (grommets)
|
150
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (tonsils/adenoids)
|
516
|
Opthalmology
|
Children (all procedures)
|
96
|
Orthpoedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
40
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Children (all procedures)
|
316
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
135
|
Urology
|
All procedures
|
8
|
Sub-Total
|
Temple Street Children's Hospital (Dublin)
|
1,261
|
Health Board Total
|
Eastern Health Board
|
17,408
|
Mid-Western Health Board
Regional Hospital, (Dooradoyle) Limerick
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Cardiology
|
|
8
|
Dental
|
|
106
|
E.N.T.
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
120
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (tonsils-adenoids)
|
74
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
364
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (cataracts)
|
515
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (other procedures)
|
28
|
Opthalmology
|
Children (all procedures)
|
59
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
110
|
Vascular
|
Varicose veins
|
35
|
Sub-Total
|
Regional Hospital, (Dooradoyle) Limerick
|
1,419
|
Regional Orthopaedic Hospital (Croom)
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
196
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total hip replacements
|
61
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total knee replacements
|
31
|
Sub-Total
|
Regional Orthopaedic Hospital (Croom)
|
288
|
St. John's Hospital (Limerick)
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
29
|
Medicine
|
|
9
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
72
|
Sub-Total
|
St. John's Hospital (Limerick)
|
110
|
Health Board Total
|
Mid-Western Health Board
|
1,817
|
Midland Health Board
Longford/Westmeath General Hospital (Mullingar)
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
254
|
Sub-Total
|
Longford/Westmeath General Hospital (Mullingar)
|
254
|
Portlaoise General Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
110
|
Sub-Total
|
Portlaoise General Hospital
|
110
|
Tullamore General Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
E.N.T.
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
666
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (grommets)
|
40
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (other procedures)
|
90
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (tonsils/adenoids)
|
280
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
423
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total hip replacements
|
138
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total knee replacements
|
16
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
32
|
Vascular
|
Varicose veins
|
59
|
Sub-Total
|
Tullamore General Hospital
|
1,744
|
Health Board Total
|
Midland Health Board
|
2,108
|
North-Eastern Health Board
Cavan General Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
E.N.T.
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
71
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (other procedures)
|
42
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
54
|
Vascular
|
Varicose veins
|
139
|
Sub-Total
|
Cavan General Hospital
|
306
|
Louth County Hospital, Dundalk
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
2
|
Sub-Total
|
Louth County Hospital, Dundalk
|
2
|
Monaghan General Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
170
|
Vascular
|
Varicose veins
|
5
|
Sub-Total
|
Monaghan General Hospital
|
175
|
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (NEHB)
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
E.N.T.
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
100
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (grommets)
|
21
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (other procedures)
|
20
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (tonsils/adenoids)
|
41
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
163
|
Medicine
|
|
190
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
87
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
159
|
Urology
|
All procedures
|
141
|
Sub-Total
|
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (NEHB)
|
922
|
Our Lady's General Hospital, Navan
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
476
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total hip replacements
|
177
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total knee replacements
|
50
|
Sub-Total
|
Our Lady's General Hospital, Navan
|
703
|
Health Board Total
|
North-Eastern Health Board
|
2,108
|
North-Western Health Board
Letterkenny General Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
101
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
103
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total hip replacements
|
33
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total knee replacements
|
15
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
230
|
Urology
|
All procedures
|
97
|
Vascular
|
Varicose veins
|
107
|
Sub-Total
|
Letterkenny General Hospital
|
686
|
Sligo Regional Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
E.N.T.
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
565
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
26
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (cataracts)
|
226
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (other procedures)
|
14
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
84
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total hip replacements
|
22
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total knee replacements
|
17
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
105
|
Vascular
|
Varicose veins
|
20
|
Sub-Total
|
Sligo Regional Hospital
|
1,079
|
Health Board Total
|
North-Western Health Board
|
1,765
|
South-Eastern Health Board
Orthopaedic Hospital, Kilcreene
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
413
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total hip replacements
|
107
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total knee replacements
|
65
|
Sub-Total
|
Orthopaedic Hospital, Kilcreene
|
585
|
St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonmel
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
183
|
Sub-Total
|
St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonmel
|
183
|
St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Dental
|
|
42
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
96
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
120
|
Vascular
|
Varicose veins
|
107
|
Sub-Total
|
St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny
|
365
|
Waterford Regional Hospital, Ardkeen
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Dental
|
|
119
|
E.N.T.
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
93
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (grommets)
|
9
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (other procedures)
|
62
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (tonsils/adenoids)
|
58
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
138
|
Medicine
|
|
7
|
Nephrology
|
|
7
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (cataracts)
|
241
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (other procedures)
|
2
|
Opthalmology
|
Children (all procedures)
|
28
|
Rheumatology
|
|
5
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
80
|
Sub-Total
|
Waterford Regional Hospital, Ardkeen
|
849
|
Wexford General Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Dental
|
|
161
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
66
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
36
|
Vascular
|
Varicose veins
|
39
|
Sub-Total
|
Wexford General Hospital
|
302
|
Health Board Total
|
South-Eastern Health Board
|
2,284
|
Southern Health Board
Cork University Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Cardiac Surgery
|
Adults (CABG)
|
35
|
Cardiology
|
|
41
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
12
|
Neurosurgery
|
|
24
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (cataracts)
|
295
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (other procedures)
|
147
|
Opthalmology
|
Children (all procedures)
|
46
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Adults (functional)
|
148
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Children (all procedures)
|
60
|
Rheumatology
|
|
1
|
Urology
|
All procedures
|
140
|
Sub-Total
|
Cork University Hospital
|
949
|
Mercy Hospital, Cork
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
40
|
Vascular
|
Varicose veins
|
455
|
Sub-Total
|
Mercy Hospital, Cork
|
495
|
South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital Ltd.
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Cardiology
|
|
6
|
Dermatology
|
|
5
|
E.N.T.
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
399
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (other procedures)
|
12
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (tonsils/adenoids)
|
49
|
Endocrine
|
|
5
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
147
|
Rheumatology
|
|
2
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
99
|
Sub-Total
|
South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital Ltd.
|
724
|
St. Mary's Hospital, Gurranebraher
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
358
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total hip replacements
|
123
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total knee replacements
|
100
|
Sub-Total
|
St. Mary's Hospital, Gurranebraher
|
581
|
Tralee General Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
E.N.T.
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
113
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (grommets)
|
4
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (tonsils/adenoids)
|
2
|
Gynaecology
|
All procedures
|
77
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
54
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total hip replacements
|
15
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
143
|
Sub-Total
|
Tralee General Hospital
|
408
|
Health Board Total
|
Southern Health Board
|
3,157
|
Western Health Board
Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
83
|
Sub-Total
|
Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar
|
83
|
Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Orthopaedics
|
Other elective procedures
|
191
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total hip replacements
|
93
|
Orthopaedics
|
Total knee replacements
|
35
|
Sub-Total
|
Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway
|
319
|
Portiuncula Hospital, (Ballinasloe)
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Dental
|
|
8
|
Pain
|
|
7
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
3
|
Sub-Total
|
Portiuncula Hospital, (Ballinasloe)
|
18
|
Roscommon General Hospital
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
69
|
Sub-Total
|
Roscommon General Hospital
|
69
|
University College, Hospital, Galway
Specialty Name
|
Procedure Type
|
Public Waiting List
|
Cardiology
|
|
4
|
E.N.T.
|
Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)
|
522
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (grommets)
|
29
|
E.N.T.
|
Children (other procedures)
|
29
|
E.NT.
|
Children (tonsils/adenoids)
|
97
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (cataracts)
|
706
|
Opthalmology
|
Adults (other procedures)
|
174
|
Opthalmology
|
Children (all procedures)
|
25
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Adults (functional)
|
473
|
Plastic Surgery
|
Children (all procedures)
|
100
|
Surgery
|
All procedures
|
77
|
Urology
|
All procedures
|
14
|
Vascular
|
Varicose veins
|
169
|
Sub-Total
|
University College Hospital, Galway
|
2,419
|
Health Board Total
|
Western Health Board
|
2,908
|