John McGuinness
Question:524. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date for a hip operation will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [11248/13]
View answerTuesday, 5 March 2013
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In relation to waiting list management in general, the National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, recently been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists. In relation to this particular query raised by the Deputy, I have asked the Health Service Executive to investigate the situation and respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.