Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 September 2012
1726. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health the current waiting lists that obtain in public hospitals in respect of the various medical disciplines; if he will compare these figures with the pertinent figures for 1 September 2011 and 1 September 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38248/12]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table.
|
Specialty |
Sep-10 |
Sep-11 |
Jun-12 |
|
Anaesthetics |
290 |
267 |
213 |
|
Cardiology |
2061 |
2376 |
2546 |
|
Cardiac Thoracic Surgery |
347 |
416 |
390 |
|
Clinical Genetics |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Dental Surgery |
286 |
170 |
95 |
|
Dermatology |
368 |
525 |
518 |
|
Diabetes Mellitus |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Endocrinology |
71 |
50 |
44 |
|
Gastro-enterology |
3955 |
5705 |
4638 |
|
General Medicine |
1425 |
2421 |
2910 |
|
General Surgery |
9419 |
14439 |
13663 |
|
Geriatric Medicine |
9 |
15 |
9 |
|
Gynaecology |
1838 |
2478 |
2569 |
|
Haematology |
20 |
15 |
43 |
|
Immunology |
8 |
26 |
15 |
|
Infectious Diseases |
15 |
24 |
10 |
|
Maxillo-Facial |
855 |
902 |
947 |
|
Neonatology |
2 |
2 |
11 |
|
Nephrology |
122 |
59 |
35 |
|
Neurology |
387 |
278 |
225 |
|
Neurosurgery |
346 |
447 |
494 |
|
Oncology |
38 |
10 |
61 |
|
Ophthalmology |
4932 |
6194 |
6164 |
|
Oral Surgery |
495 |
665 |
478 |
|
Orthopaedics |
5523 |
6798 |
6200 |
|
Otolaryngology (ENT) |
3699 |
4712 |
4743 |
|
Paed Metabolic Medicine |
24 |
4 |
10 |
|
Paediatrics |
26 |
47 |
16 |
|
Pain Relief |
1391 |
2063 |
2069 |
|
Palliative Medicine |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Plastic Surgery |
2528 |
3367 |
2961 |
|
Radiology |
15 |
15 |
29 |
|
Renal Transplantation |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Respiratory Medicine |
664 |
626 |
576 |
|
Rheumatology |
16 |
59 |
28 |
|
Urology |
2972 |
3809 |
3950 |
|
Vascular Surgery |
624 |
1045 |
1040 |
|
Totals |
44773 |
60030 |
57708 |
