Hospital Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 June 2010

Thursday, 24 June 2010

Questions (77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104)

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

71 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons, by county, treated for foot ulcerations between 2005 and 2009 who did not require a full or partial limb amputation; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27315/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

72 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients under the age of 65 years, by county, treated for foot ulcerations between 2005 to 2009 who did not require a full or partial limb amputation; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27316/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

82 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out between 2005 to 2009, by county, in each year; the number of these persons who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27329/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

83 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out between 2005 and 2009, by county, on persons under 65 years of age; the number of these persons who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27330/10]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Question:

128 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons treated for foot ulcerations who did not require a full or partial lower limb amputation for each of the years 2007 and 2008 in each of the counties of Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath and in the Health Service Executive north-east area; and the number of these persons who had diabetes. [27436/10]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Health and Children (Deputy Áine Brady)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 71, 72, 82, 83 and 128 together.

The information requested by the Deputies is supplied in the tables below.

	1. Number of admissions with a diagnosis of foot ulcerations and without a full or partial lower limb amputation, by county	1b. Number of these with diabetes	2. Number of admissions aged under 65 with a diagnosis of foot ulcerations and without a full or partial lower limb amputation by county	2b. Ulcers without amputation, by county, under 65 years, with diabetes	3. Total Number of Lower Limb Amputations	3b. Total Number of Lower Limb Amputations , with diabetes	4. Total Number of Lower Limb Amputations , under 65 Years	4b. Total Number of Lower Limb Amputations , with diabetes under 65 Years
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009*	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009*	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009*	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009*	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009*	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009*	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009*	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009*
County of Residence
Carlow	50	48	71	64	44	25	20	37	33	24	11	14	30	14	13	8	7	14	8	5	6	6	10	10	6	~~	~~	6	5	5	~~	~~	~~	5	~~	~~	.	~~	~~	~~
Cavan	80	103	74	78	85	18	31	10	25	25	14	24	6	12	9	5	9	~~	7	~~	14	7	8	8	11	5	~~	~~	~~	6	5	~~	~~	~~	6	.	~~	~~	.	~~
Clare	109	109	106	113	98	27	33	38	41	46	19	16	22	19	23	9	7	9	10	18	23	17	31	24	20	6	9	14	15	11	8	~~	15	6	10	~~	~~	7	~~	7
Cork	336	341	390	339	285	95	103	136	133	108	88	73	89	97	76	31	27	32	38	34	101	74	90	99	56	51	23	45	53	30	34	22	29	29	21	12	7	11	16	11
Donegal	54	92	97	77	83	27	48	61	27	57	15	20	26	17	21	7	13	14	~~	14	18	25	13	21	18	7	7	5	7	10	6	8	6	8	~~	~~	~~	~~	~~	~~
Dublin	635	800	997	1173	881	165	205	265	270	240	169	251	395	356	259	49	75	118	108	81	143	128	146	154	144	57	59	57	73	89	53	48	68	66	67	20	24	30	30	41
Galway	212	157	132	154	142	94	55	42	52	64	41	36	28	35	37	22	12	8	13	16	43	42	42	29	32	13	21	17	12	10	14	13	9	11	16	7	6	~~	~~	5
Kerry	99	109	135	108	70	37	41	48	53	23	29	28	29	36	15	10	14	12	22	~~	22	25	45	23	22	11	13	19	5	8	9	10	12	7	12	~~	6	~~	~~	6
Kildare	56	105	119	126	117	13	35	45	54	51	15	31	36	35	34	~~	13	21	17	18	22	22	23	26	29	10	11	17	21	15	11	11	13	13	9	~~	~~	9	10	~~
Kilkenny	99	113	130	75	95	54	63	69	39	53	17	22	30	23	19	11	11	6	16	9	16	6	27	12	16	10	~~	15	8	9	5	~~	6	8	6	~~	~~	~~	6	5
Laois	48	36	70	46	28	10	20	38	20	18	15	9	22	19	9	6	5	15	7	8	11	12	12	10	10	5	6	7	7	8	7	5	5	6	~~	~~	~~	5	~~	~~
Leitrim	39	31	22	36	25	12	9	8	14	7	12	6	5	7	8	6	~~	~~	~~	5	8	5	~~	9	6	5	~~	~~	5	~~	~~	~~	.	.	~~	~~	~~	.	.	~~
Limerick	126	165	167	151	75	39	53	51	73	32	37	48	37	32	26	11	26	16	19	15	30	32	36	42	29	13	16	19	24	18	11	14	15	13	9	~~	6	7	8	~~
Longford	39	42	32	36	9	14	11	16	19	~~	8	12	12	15	6	~~	8	7	12	~~	13	12	11	5	~~	6	6	5	~~	.	~~	~~	7	~~	~~	~~	.	~~	~~	.
Louth	76	96	148	94	86	33	30	35	37	27	18	22	70	27	26	7	8	13	11	8	17	21	24	19	14	9	7	12	10	7	6	7	13	10	9	~~	~~	8	6	5
Mayo	84	113	119	99	68	21	46	47	37	24	15	25	23	9	25	6	13	6	~~	11	24	35	21	24	16	13	15	10	9	10	5	8	8	9	~~	~~	~~	~~	~~	~~
Meath	80	109	105	110	106	24	43	37	39	29	13	24	33	31	29	~~	6	19	11	9	16	9	23	24	16	9	~~	12	15	7	~~	~~	13	14	~~	~~	~~	7	10	~~
Monaghan	37	70	52	66	65	15	17	12	26	19	7	16	10	13	11	6	7	7	6	~~	7	13	10	5	14	~~	6	~~	.	7	~~	~~	5	5	7	.	.	~~	.	~~
Non-Resident/No Fixed Abode	5	6	11	8	9	~~	~~	5	.	6	~~	~~	7	5	~~	.	~~	~~	.	~~	~~	~~	~~	.	.	~~	.	~~	.	.	~~	~~	~~	.	.	~~	.	~~	.	.
Offaly	39	47	34	33	24	11	20	13	17	14	11	16	5	11	6	7	11	~~	10	5	9	11	13	12	6	~~	~~	7	6	6	5	6	~~	5	~~	~~	.	~~	~~	~~
Roscommon	75	87	94	99	65	19	32	30	18	22	~~	16	16	22	9	~~	8	11	11	~~	14	7	11	10	8	~~	~~	7	~~	~~	~~	~~	~~	~~	~~	~~	~~	~~	~~	~~
Sligo	60	58	62	68	37	21	26	25	23	10	9	6	14	16	8	8	~~	~~	11	~~	17	7	8	11	~~	11	5	~~	7	.	~~	~~	.	6	~~	~~	~~	.	~~	.
Tipperary	186	219	215	238	186	58	80	90	86	73	27	39	47	46	39	14	19	20	27	20	41	31	35	32	19	18	20	20	13	8	10	12	11	11	~~	~~	7	8	6	~~
Waterford	136	127	109	120	105	51	67	54	55	50	30	23	28	22	28	13	13	15	13	12	18	22	15	13	14	12	10	8	6	9	~~	6	6	6	5	~~	~~	~~	5	~~
Westmeath	60	64	55	42	29	20	21	25	19	11	13	19	17	5	7	~~	~~	5	~~	~~	15	11	9	16	10	8	7	5	11	6	~~	5	~~	~~	6	~~	~~	~~	~~	~~
Wexford	160	198	167	144	129	70	78	73	58	47	35	46	25	35	24	16	26	13	21	10	24	18	24	24	25	17	9	13	14	16	9	8	11	12	10	~~	~~	6	7	9
Wicklow	77	76	113	80	80	28	39	51	30	15	21	17	38	28	21	8	11	18	12	7	13	19	10	5	11	10	16	~~	~~	~~	~~	7	7	~~	6	~~	6	~~	~~	~~
National	3,057	3,521	3,826	3,777	3,026	1,002	1,228	1,361	1,298	1,097	694	862	1,100	987	792	270	359	412	421	329	688	621	703	667	558	318	283	334	338	305	232	219	277	265	232	96	93	133	138	132

Source: Hospital Inpatient Enquiry.

Note: Data refer to discharges from publicly funded acute hospitals. Private hospitals are not included.

Note: For reasons of patient confidentiality it is standard policy not to report cells of less than 5 cases. These cells have been marked with ‘ ~~ '

This table has been produced by the Information Unit and is based on Hospital Inpatient Enquiry (HIPE) data received to end of May 2010.

*HIPE data for 2009 is not complete. The 2009 HIPE file remains open, and so discharges can still be added/re-coded to the database. So any analysis done should take it's incompleteness into account.

	1. Number of admissions with a diagnosis of foot ulcerations and without a full or partial lower limb amputation, by county	1b. Number of these with diabetes
	2007	2008	2007	2008
County of Residence
Cavan	74	78	10	25
Louth	148	94	35	37
Meath	105	110	37	39
Monaghan	52	66	12	26
HSE North East	379	348	94	127

Source: Hospital Inpatient Enquiry.

Note: Data refer to discharges from publicly funded acute hospitals. Private hospitals are not included.

This table has been produced by the Information Unit and is based on Hospital Inpatient Enquiry (HIPE) data received to end of May 2010.

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

73 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the financial cost incurred by the Health Service Executive, by county, in outpatient, emergency department and day case treatment of foot ulcerations which did not require a full or partial limb amputation between 2005 and 2009; the number of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27317/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

74 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the financial cost incurred by the Health Service Executive, by county, in outpatient, emergency department and day case treatments of foot ulcerations in persons with diabetes which did not require a full or partial limb amputation between 2005 and 2009; the number of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27318/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

75 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the financial cost incurred by the Health Service Executive, by county, in outpatient, emergency department and day case treatment of foot ulcerations in persons under the age of 65 years which did not require a full or partial limb amputation between 2005 and 2009; the number of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27319/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

76 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the financial cost, by county, of outpatient, emergency department and day case treatments incurred by the Health Service Executive, in the treatment of foot ulcerations in patients who had diabetes and are under the age of 65 years, which did not require a full or partial limb amputation, between 2005 to 2009; the numbers of such persons. [27321/10]

Minister of State at the Department of the Health and Children (Deputy Áine Brady)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 73 to 76, inclusive, together.

As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

77 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost in terms of staffing hours for outpatient, emergency department and day case treatment by the Health Service Executive of foot ulcerations which did not require a full or partial limb amputation between 2005 and 2009; the number of such persons on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27322/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

78 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost incurred by the Health Service Executive between 2005 and 2009, on a county basis, in terms of staffing hours for outpatient, emergency department and day case treatment of foot ulcerations in patients who had diabetes and who did not require a full or partial limb amputation; the number of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27323/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

79 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost incurred by the Health Service Executive in terms of staffing hours for outpatient, emergency department and day case treatment of foot ulcerations in persons under the age of 65 years who did not require a full or partial limb amputation, between 2005 and 2009, on a county basis; the number of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27324/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

81 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost incurred by the Health Service Executive, by county, in terms of staffing hours for outpatient, emergency department and day case treatment of foot ulcerations in persons under 65 who had diabetes and who did require a full or partial limb amputation between 2005 and 2009; the number of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27328/10]

Minister of State at the Department of the Health and Children (Deputy Áine Brady)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 to 79, inclusive, and 81 together.

As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Question No. 80 withdrawn.

Question No. 81 answered with Question No. 77.

Questions Nos. 82 and 83 answered with Question No. 71.

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

84 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the financial cost, by county, of inpatient treatment incurred by the Health Service Executive, in both carrying out and after care, of full and partial lower limb amputations between 2005 to 2009 on persons in each year; the numbers of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27331/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

85 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the financial cost, by county, of inpatient treatment incurred by the Health Service Executive, in both carrying out and after care, of full and partial lower limb amputations between 2005 and 2009 on persons in each year for persons who had diabetes; the numbers of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27332/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

86 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the financial cost, by county, of inpatient treatment incurred by the Health Service Executive, in both carrying out and after care, of full and partial lower limb amputations between 2005 and 2009 on persons under 65 years of age in each year; the numbers of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27333/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

87 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the financial cost, by county, of inpatient treatment incurred by the Health Service Executive in carrying out and after care, of full and partial lower limb amputations between 2005 and 2009 on persons who had diabetes and were under 65 years of age in each year; the number of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27334/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

88 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost, by county, in terms of staffing hours for inpatient treatment incurred by the Health Service Executive, in carrying out and after care, of full and partial lower limb amputations between 2005 and 2009 on persons in each year; the number of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27335/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

89 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost in terms of staffing hours for inpatient treatment incurred by the Health Service Executive in carrying out and after care of full and partial lower limb amputations between 2005 and 2009 in each year on persons with diabetes on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27336/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

90 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost in terms of staffing hours for inpatient treatment incurred by the Health Service Executive in carrying out and after care of full and partial lower limb amputations between 2005 and 2009 in each year on persons under 65 years of age on a county basis; the number of persons who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27337/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

91 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost in terms of staffing hours for inpatient treatment incurred by the Health Service Executive in carrying out and after care of full and partial lower limb amputations between 2005 and 2009 in each year on persons under 65 years of age with diabetes on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27338/10]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Question:

130 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of full or partial lower limb amputations carried out on persons with diabetes for each of the years 2007 and 2008 in each of the counties of Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath and in the Health Service Executive north-east area; and the total inpatient cost of caring for them. [27438/10]

Minister of State at the Department of the Health and Children (Deputy Áine Brady)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 84 to 91, inclusive, and 130 together.

As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

92 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost in terms of bed days used in inpatient treatment by the Health Service Executive of full and partial lower limb amputations between 2005 and 2009 on persons in each year on a county basis; the numbers of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27339/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

93 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost in terms of bed days used in inpatient treatment by the Health Service Executive of full and partial lower limb amputations between 2005 and 2009 on persons who had diabetes in each year on a county basis; the numbers of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27340/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

94 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost in terms of bed days used in inpatient treatment by the Health Service Executive of full and partial lower limb amputations between 2005 and 2009 on persons under 65 years of age in each year on a county basis; the numbers of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27341/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

95 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost in terms of bed days used in inpatient treatment by the Health Service Executive for full and partial lower limb amputations between 2005 and 2009 on persons under 65 years of age who also had diabetes in each year on a county basis; the numbers of such persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27342/10]

Minister of State at the Department of the Health and Children (Deputy Áine Brady)

I propose to answer Questions Nos. 92 to 95, inclusive, together.

As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

96 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made towards achieving the recommendation of one full-time podiatrist in each hospital diabetes centre as proposed by the diabetes advisory group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27344/10]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

99 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the allocation, to public patients, of WTE podiatrist positions devoted specifically to diabetes-related foot problems on a county basis; the number of hours of podiatry services to which these positions equate on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27347/10]

Minister of State at the Department of the Health and Children (Deputy Áine Brady)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 and 99, together.

As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.