Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 May 2013
268. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive a hospital appointment for a hip replacement operation at Tullamore General Hospital [23277/13]
View answerThe 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, which has recently been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists. In relation to the particular query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.
