Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 December 2013
436. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an admission date for surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been deferred to 2014; and if he will assist in having the original date of surgery reinstated [51720/13]
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 been adopted by the Health Service Executive, 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 HSE to respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.
