Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 February 2014
684. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date for a hip operation will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will outline the timeframe involved and the numbers on the waiting lists for such operations at Cappagh and WRH. [7542/14]
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 the detailed information requested by the Deputy, as these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to him.
