Written Answers Nos. 154-164
154. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients that have been removed from outpatient lists in 2018 as a result of a validation exercise and not as a result of having an appointment with a consultant for each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form. [3441/19]
View answerGood practice around the management of hospital waiting lists recommends periodic validation of waiting lists.
Validation is the process whereby hospital administration contacts patients on waiting lists at pre-planned intervals during the year to ensure that patients are ready, willing, suitable and available to attend a hospital appointment or wish to be removed.
Importantly, the validation process allows for situations where, if requested by the GP/referring clinician, patients can be reinstated back to their original place on to the Waiting List.
Last year, I approved the establishment of a Central Waiting List Validation Office within the NTPF. The new office delivers a standardisation of approach to validation across all waiting lists and all hospitals in line with the best patient-centred practices. The validation of waiting lists better informs the true demand for hospital services and enable improved efficiency and patient scheduling.
The data requested by the deputy is outlined in the attached document and sets out details of the number of patients who were validated off the Outpatient Waiting List through the HSE validation exercise undertaken in 2018.
155. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; and the number waiting for time periods (details supplied). [3442/19]
View answerAs this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
156. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care; and the number waiting by time periods (details supplied). [3443/19]
View answerAs this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
157. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care; the number waiting by time periods (details supplied). [3444/19]
View answerAs this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
158. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in each relevant hospital that have been waiting for an outpatient appointment since before 1 January 2017; and the number of patients in each that have been waiting since before 1 January 2016 for an outpatient appointment in tabular form. [3445/19]
View answerImproving access to hospital treatment is a key priority for government. Budget 2019 announced a funding increase from €55 million to €75 million to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to provide treatment for patients.
My Department is working closely with the NTPF and the HSE to finalise a Scheduled Care Access Plan for inpatients/day case and outpatients for 2019. In this regard, the NTPF and the HSE will continue to work closely with Hospital Groups, inviting proposals to improve access for patients waiting for either Inpatient/Daycase or Outpatient procedures.
The waiting list information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following document published by the NTPF which shows the number of patients who were waiting 24-36months; 36-48months; and over 48months at the end of December 2018.
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Specialty |
(All) |
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WL Status |
(All) |
2018-12-20
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Hospital name |
24-36 Months |
36-48 Months |
48+ Months |
Grand Total |
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Children's Hospital Group |
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Childrens University Hospital Temple Street |
2452 |
237 |
4 |
2693 |
|
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Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin |
2238 |
727 |
46 |
3011 |
|
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Tallaght Children's Hospital |
546 |
1 |
547 |
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Dublin Midlands Hospital Group |
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Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
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Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise |
44 |
1 |
45 |
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Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore |
1942 |
459 |
0 |
2401 |
|
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Naas General Hospital |
717 |
104 |
7 |
828 |
|
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St. James's Hospital |
1017 |
293 |
24 |
1334 |
|
|
Tallaght Hospital |
2916 |
1246 |
174 |
4336 |
|
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Ireland East Hospital Group |
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Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital |
0 |
0 |
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Mater Misericordiae University Hospital |
3113 |
950 |
85 |
4148 |
|
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Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar |
428 |
206 |
43 |
677 |
|
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Our Lady's Hospital Navan |
92 |
92 |
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Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital |
1605 |
424 |
6 |
2035 |
|
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St. Columcille's Hospital |
463 |
144 |
0 |
607 |
|
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St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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St. Michael's Hospital Dun Laoghaire |
1 |
1 |
|||
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St. Vincent's University Hospital |
530 |
24 |
554 |
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RCSI Hospitals Group |
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Beaumont Hospital |
558 |
132 |
3 |
693 |
|
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Cavan General Hospital |
283 |
33 |
0 |
316 |
|
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Connolly Hospital |
262 |
23 |
285 |
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Louth County Hospital |
0 |
0 |
|||
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Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda |
292 |
0 |
292 |
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Rotunda Hospital |
0 |
0 |
|||
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Saolta University Health Care Group |
|||||
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Galway University Hospital |
2611 |
453 |
71 |
3135 |
|
|
Letterkenny General Hospital |
1392 |
64 |
2 |
1458 |
|
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Mayo General Hospital |
1016 |
536 |
144 |
1696 |
|
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Portiuncula Hospital |
82 |
0 |
82 |
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Roscommon Hospital |
407 |
29 |
436 |
||
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Sligo Regional Hospital |
429 |
39 |
468 |
||
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South/South West Hospital Group |
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Bantry General Hospital |
0 |
1 |
1 |
||
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Cork University Hospital |
1449 |
102 |
2 |
1553 |
|
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Cork University Maternity Hospital |
14 |
0 |
14 |
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Kerry General Hospital |
681 |
22 |
703 |
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Mallow General Hospital |
155 |
2 |
157 |
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Mercy University Hospital |
164 |
9 |
173 |
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South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital |
2264 |
437 |
23 |
2724 |
|
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South Tipperary General Hospital |
92 |
92 |
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University Hospital Waterford |
4812 |
1410 |
110 |
6332 |
|
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University of Limerick Hospital Group |
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Croom Orthopaedic Hospital |
1120 |
366 |
21 |
1507 |
|
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Ennis Hospital |
30 |
29 |
6 |
65 |
|
|
Nenagh Hospital |
20 |
0 |
20 |
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St. John's Hospital Limerick |
4 |
5 |
9 |
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University Hospital Limerick |
2796 |
474 |
14 |
3284 |
|
|
Grand Total |
39045 |
8980 |
788 |
48813 |
159. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health when a detailed action plan to implement Sláintecare will be published. [3446/19]
View answerIn September, the Executive Director of the Sláintecare Programme Office commenced refining the Implementation Strategy into a detailed Action Plan for 2019. I can confirm that the Action Plan 2019 has been developed and, following the finalisation of the HSE's National Service Plan, Project Teams are now being established to drive delivery.
The Action Plan will be presented to Sláintecare's High Level Delivery Board and will be published thereafter.
The Sláintecare Programme Office is committed to transparency at all stages of the implementation of Sláintecare. The Programme Office will publish rolling plans annually and progress reports will be published on a biannual basis.
160. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care; and the number waiting by time periods (details supplied). [3447/19]
View answerAs this question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply.
161. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for an oral health appointment in primary care; and the number waiting by time periods (details supplied). [3448/19]
View answerAs this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
162. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if he will provide figures in relation to a service (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3460/19]
View answerAs this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
163. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the future plans for the health centre on Church Road, East Wall, Dublin 3. [3461/19]
View answer164. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of the health centre on Church Road, East Wall, Dublin 3. [3462/19]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 163 and 164 together.
As the HSE has responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres and other Primary Care facilities, the Executive has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.
