Seán Kenny
Question:686. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Health the numbers of patients waiting for knee and hip replacements at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin: and the length of time they have been on the waiting list. [24345/13]
View answerTuesday, 21 May 2013
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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, 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.