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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 7 Mar 2000

Vol. 515 No. 6

Written Answers. - Hospital Waiting Lists.

Alan Shatter

Question:

174 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 30, 63 and 133 of 24 February 2000, the progress, if any, made in the collation of the in-patient waiting list figures for the year ending 31 December 1999; when this information will be available for publication; and, if it is now available, if he will give details in this regard. [6641/00]

The hospital in-patient waiting list figures for the quarter ending 31 December 1999 were published on 29 February last and the data was sent to the Deputy on that date. A breakdown of the figures by hospital and specialty is also supplied in the following tables.

Public in-patient waiting list by hospital, 31/12/1999
Data ordered by Hospital
(alphabetical)

Hospital

All Beds: Total on Ward

Beaumont Hospital

3,305

Cavan General Hospital

337

Coombe Women's Hospital

113

Cork University Hospital

1,107

Ennis General Hospital

0

James Connolly Memorial Hospital, (Blanchardstown)

335

Letterkenny General Hospital

704

Longford/Westmeath General Hospital, (Mullingar)

192

Louth County Hospital, Dundalk

6

Mater Misericordiae Hospital

4,316

Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar

131

Mercy Hospital, Cork

493

Marlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway

344

Monaghan General Hospital

57

Naas General Hospital

85

National Maternity Hospital, Holles St.

0

Nenagh General Hospital

0

Orthopaedic Hospital, Kilcreene

541

Our Lady of Lourdes (NEHB)

983

Our Lady's General Hospital, Navan

771

Our Lady's Hospital, (Crumlin)

412

Hospital

All Beds: Total on Ward

Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel

55

Portiuncula Hospital, (Ballinasloe)

16

Portlaoise General Hospital

287

Regional Hospital, (Dooradoyle) Limerick

1,441

Regional Orthopaedic Hospital, (Croom)

269

Roscommon General Hospital

83

Rotunda Hospital, (Dublin)

263

Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, (Dublin)

881

Sligo Regional Hospital

1,444

South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital Ltd.

722

St. John's Hospital, (Limerick)

111

St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonmel

202

St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny

381

St. Mary's Hospital, Cappagh

1,416

St. Mary's Hospital, Gurranebraher

622

St. Michael's Hospital, (Dunlaoire)

232

St. Vincent's Hospital, (Elm Park)

3,553

St. James's Hospital

1,508

Tallaght Hospital

1,649

Temple Street Children's Hospital, (Dublin)

1,293

Tralee General Hospital

475

Tullamore General Hospital

2,127

University College Hospital, Galway

2,506

Waterford Regional Hospital, Ardkeen

744

Wexford General Hospital

343

Total

36,855

Public waiting lists by specialty

Specialty

Public: Total onWaiting List (Dec.1998)

Public: Total onWaiting List (Sep.1999)

Public: Total onWaiting List (Dec.1999)

Quarter 3 –Quarter 2

Quarter 3 –Quarter 1

Cardiac Surgery

1,229

1,270

1,202

68

27

Cardiology

1,248

1,028

1,109

81

139

Dental

395

554

499

55

104

Dermatology

30

44

43

1

13

E.N.T.

7,722

7,093

7,486

393

236

Endocrine

102

118

150

32

48

Endocrinology

0

1

1

1

Gastro-enterology

173

210

310

100

137

Genito-Urinary

54

54

54

Gerontology

3

1

2

1

1

Gynaecology

3,016

2,398

2,571

173

445

Haematology

1

3

4

1

3

Infectious Disease

1

1

0

1

Maxillo-Facial

191

162

121

41

70

Medicine

37

240

546

306

509

Metabolic

0

0

0

Nephrology

113

90

140

50

27

Neurology

80

101

128

27

48

Neurosurgery

414

446

478

32

64

Oncology

4

4

0

4

Opthalmology

4,309

4,175

4,475

300

166

Orthopaedics

7,344

5,838

6,304

466

1,040

Paediatrics

5

5

5

Pain

388

440

458

18

70

Plastic Surgery

2,057

2,237

2,401

164

344

Psychiatry

20

21

20

1

0

Radiotherapy

0

0

0

Rehabilitation

0

0

0

Respiratory

115

111

162

51

47

Rheumatology

68

64

79

15

11

Surgery

3,460

3,016

3,405

389

55

Thoracic

41

64

66

2

25

Urology

1,530

1,233

1,901

668

371

Vascular

2,797

2,593

2,730

137

67

Overall Total

36,883

33,555

36,855

3,300

28

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