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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 October 2018

Thursday, 11 October 2018

Questions (130)

Róisín Shortall

Question:

130. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis on waiting lists for spinal surgery by hospital; the number of these operations that have been carried out in 2018 by hospitals in which these occurred; and the remaining spare capacity for these operations in these hospitals. [41683/18]

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The long-term strategy to develop sustainable scoliosis services from 2018 has been prioritised by the Department and the HSE. The Children's Hospital Group, with the additional €9 million provided to the HSE in 2018, has continued to progress the move toward the implementation of a long-term sustainable and safe paediatric orthopaedic service, including scoliosis services for children and young people.

Figures for the end of September for the number of scoliosis procedures carried out to date this year, as well as the number of patients waiting for treatment, are provided for the Deputy in the table. In terms of capacity, Children's Hospital Group (CHG) aims to deliver 446 procedures this year, compared to 371 in 2017, and 224 in 2016. This represents an increase in activity of 99.5% since 2016.

Hospital

Total Surgeries (including   single and multiple stages) to end of September 2018

Annual Target of surgeries

YTD Target of surgeries

OLCHC Spinal Fusion

96

120

87

OLCHC Spinal Other

87

143

102

TSCUH Spinal Fusion

20

36

26

TSCUH Spinal Other

61

96

69

Cappagh Spinal Fusion

41

39

28

Cappagh Spinal Other

17

12

9

Current Total 

322

446

321

 

Hospital

Total Spinal WL as of 28/09/2018   (excluding suspensions)

Number of suspensions on the   Spinal WL 28/09/2018

Total Spinal WL as of   28/09/2018  (including suspensions)

Number of entries that have a date   to come in (TCI)

2018 Additions YTD as of   28/09/2018

OLCHC Spinal Fusion

54

15

69

1

61

OLCHC Spinal Other

42

9

51

4

111

TSCUH Spinal Fusion

7

9

16

1

23

TSCUH Spinal Other

26

2

28

6

67

Cappagh Spinal Fusion

11

2

13

9

32

Cappagh Spinal Other

0

0

0

0

0

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