Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 April 2014
800. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will have their appointment for surgery in the Mater Hospital following an urgent referral from St. James's Hospital earlier this year. [18994/14]
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 particular query raised by the Deputy, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to her on this matter.
