Hospitals Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 April 2015

Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Questions (452, 459)

Billy Kelleher

Question:

452. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has entirely removed the previous breakdown on the private-public mix by hospital from its monthly data report, in view of the fact that providing a generic percentage for all acute hospitals is entirely meaningless, and that this means that a significant number of public hospitals could be breaching their 20-80 mix, and this information would no longer be publicly available. [15344/15]

Billy Kelleher

Question:

459. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the inpatient profiles, that is, public and private, and the elective emergency mix for January 2015, in the manner provided on the December 2014 Management Data Report (details supplied). [15375/15]

Written answers

Minister for Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 452 and 459 together.

The patient information requested by the Deputy and comprising of the private/public mix and elective/emergency mix by hospital will be published with HSE's February Performance Report at the end of April. Thereafter, this data will continue to be published on a monthly basis with the HSE's monthly Performance Reports throughout 2015.