Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 March 2019
214. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on public hospital waiting lists for various procedures; the length of time they have remained on these lists; when they can expect to receive treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12616/19]
View answerI am conscious that waiting times are often unacceptably long and of the burden that this places on patients and their families. In this regard, I am committed to improving waiting times for hospital appointments and procedures.
The latest published National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) Inpatient and Daycase waiting list figures, show that at the end of February 2019 there are 71,205 patients on the IPDC waiting list. From a peak of 86,100 in July 2017, this represents a decrease of over 17% in the overall number of patients waiting for a procedure.
Since July 2017 the number of patients waiting longer than 3 months has fallen from just under 58,000 to 44,800 at the end of February 2019. This represents a reduction of 23% in the number of patients waiting.
I published the joint Department of Health, Health Service Executive (HSE) and National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) Scheduled Care Access Plan earlier this week. This Plan sets out a number of commitments aimed at improving access for patients waiting for hospital operations or procedures as well as patients waiting for a first Outpatient appointment. It includes a high level activity target from the HSE in line with the National Service Plan to deliver 1.155 million elective inpatient and day case discharges and 3.3 million outpatients appointments in 2019. While the NTPF will provide additionality through arranging treatments for 25,000 elective inpatient and day case procedures; 5,000 Gastro Intestinal Scopes; and 40,000 outpatient first appointments.
The data requested by the deputy is outlined in the tables. These figures are published by the NTPF on their website ntpf.ie
All National Hospitals - National Waiting list by Speciality.
|
Row Labels |
0-3 Mths |
3-6 Mths |
6-9 Mths |
9-12 Mths |
12-15 Mths |
|
Anaesthetics |
80 |
75 |
50 |
45 |
55 |
|
Breast Surgery |
35 |
15 |
17 |
16 |
6 |
|
Cardiology |
1702 |
1135 |
423 |
179 |
102 |
|
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery |
225 |
117 |
57 |
30 |
11 |
|
Clinical Immunology |
67 |
70 |
35 |
141 |
27 |
|
Dental Surgery |
92 |
63 |
30 |
34 |
31 |
|
Dermatology |
429 |
160 |
48 |
17 |
13 |
|
Diabetes Mellitus |
1 |
1 |
|||
|
Endocrinology |
22 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
|
Gastro-Enterology |
138 |
60 |
14 |
5 |
1 |
|
Gastro-Intestinal Surgery |
111 |
85 |
78 |
59 |
36 |
|
General Medicine |
117 |
39 |
20 |
10 |
4 |
|
General Surgery |
4213 |
2537 |
1278 |
651 |
378 |
|
Geriatric Medicine |
4 |
8 |
4 |
10 |
4 |
|
Gynaecology |
1875 |
1242 |
725 |
380 |
208 |
|
Haematology |
8 |
1 |
0 |
||
|
Hepato-Biliary Surgery |
20 |
21 |
13 |
13 |
9 |
|
Immunology |
14 |
22 |
5 |
16 |
13 |
|
Infectious Diseases |
0 |
||||
|
Maxillo-Facial |
254 |
207 |
142 |
61 |
48 |
|
Metabolic Medicine |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Neonatology |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Nephrology |
26 |
17 |
11 |
13 |
2 |
|
Neurology |
128 |
50 |
26 |
20 |
14 |
|
Neurosurgery |
153 |
124 |
74 |
62 |
42 |
|
Obstetrics |
7 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
Oncology |
15 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Ophthalmology |
3344 |
2934 |
1504 |
552 |
318 |
|
Oral Surgery |
101 |
99 |
92 |
104 |
50 |
|
Orthopaedics |
3783 |
3054 |
1565 |
890 |
518 |
|
Otolaryngology (ENT) |
1695 |
1111 |
569 |
380 |
314 |
|
Paed Cardiology |
126 |
78 |
46 |
42 |
17 |
|
Paed Endocrinology |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Paed Gastro-Enterol |
8 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Paed Haematology |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Paed Nephrology |
1 |
3 |
0 |
||
|
Paed Oncology |
0 |
0 |
|||
|
Paediatric ENT |
59 |
36 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
|
Paediatric Neurology |
6 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
Paediatric Respiratory Medicine |
81 |
78 |
63 |
60 |
29 |
|
Paediatric Surgery |
19 |
16 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
|
Paediatrics |
108 |
63 |
43 |
56 |
36 |
|
Pain Relief |
1123 |
878 |
579 |
473 |
243 |
|
Plastic Surgery |
1302 |
855 |
396 |
246 |
157 |
|
Psychiatry |
0 |
||||
|
Radiology |
8 |
8 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
Respiratory Medicine |
380 |
319 |
219 |
166 |
62 |
|
Rheumatology |
146 |
53 |
27 |
33 |
15 |
|
Urology |
3713 |
2353 |
1392 |
560 |
310 |
|
Vascular Surgery |
608 |
576 |
368 |
171 |
111 |
|
Paediatric Radiology |
0 |
||||
|
Rehabilitation Medicine |
0 |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Paediatric Urology |
32 |
24 |
17 |
21 |
17 |
|
Paediatric Neurosurgery |
3 |
||||
|
Paed Metabolic Medicine |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Paediatric Dermatology |
1 |
0 |
1 |
||
|
Paediatric Infectious Diseases |
1 |
||||
|
Developmental Paediatrics |
2 |
1 |
|||
|
Grand Total |
26389 |
18602 |
9954 |
5538 |
3209 |
|
Row Labels |
15-18 Mths |
18-24 Mths |
24-36 Mths |
36-48 Mths |
48+ Mths |
Grand Total |
|
Anaesthetics |
15 |
320 |
||||
|
Breast Surgery |
5 |
2 |
96 |
|||
|
Cardiology |
77 |
110 |
76 |
1 |
3805 |
|
|
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery |
3 |
8 |
10 |
461 |
||
|
Clinical Immunology |
11 |
351 |
||||
|
Dental Surgery |
21 |
20 |
1 |
292 |
||
|
Dermatology |
17 |
5 |
3 |
692 |
||
|
Diabetes Mellitus |
2 |
|||||
|
Endocrinology |
2 |
1 |
39 |
|||
|
Gastro-Enterology |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
224 |
|
|
Gastro-Intestinal Surgery |
14 |
31 |
33 |
14 |
461 |
|
|
General Medicine |
3 |
6 |
1 |
200 |
||
|
General Surgery |
264 |
389 |
344 |
69 |
32 |
10155 |
|
Geriatric Medicine |
15 |
45 |
||||
|
Gynaecology |
148 |
142 |
56 |
11 |
4 |
4791 |
|
Haematology |
9 |
|||||
|
Hepato-Biliary Surgery |
15 |
12 |
23 |
1 |
127 |
|
|
Immunology |
22 |
41 |
21 |
154 |
||
|
Infectious Diseases |
0 |
|||||
|
Maxillo-Facial |
35 |
82 |
75 |
1 |
1 |
906 |
|
Metabolic Medicine |
0 |
1 |
||||
|
Neonatology |
0 |
|||||
|
Nephrology |
0 |
69 |
||||
|
Neurology |
10 |
16 |
26 |
0 |
290 |
|
|
Neurosurgery |
41 |
75 |
108 |
2 |
681 |
|
|
Obstetrics |
0 |
11 |
||||
|
Oncology |
20 |
|||||
|
Ophthalmology |
197 |
198 |
128 |
8 |
0 |
9183 |
|
Oral Surgery |
24 |
27 |
43 |
13 |
1 |
554 |
|
Orthopaedics |
362 |
434 |
305 |
33 |
5 |
10949 |
|
Otolaryngology (ENT) |
196 |
295 |
314 |
38 |
2 |
4914 |
|
Paed Cardiology |
16 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
340 |
|
|
Paed Endocrinology |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
||
|
Paed Gastro-Enterol |
0 |
0 |
11 |
|||
|
Paed Haematology |
0 |
|||||
|
Paed Nephrology |
0 |
4 |
||||
|
Paed Oncology |
0 |
|||||
|
Paediatric ENT |
0 |
2 |
1 |
115 |
||
|
Paediatric Neurology |
9 |
|||||
|
Paediatric Respiratory Medicine |
11 |
322 |
||||
|
Paediatric Surgery |
0 |
0 |
41 |
|||
|
Paediatrics |
34 |
98 |
85 |
13 |
536 |
|
|
Pain Relief |
189 |
114 |
27 |
1 |
3627 |
|
|
Plastic Surgery |
158 |
247 |
225 |
27 |
0 |
3613 |
|
Psychiatry |
0 |
|||||
|
Radiology |
2 |
3 |
29 |
|||
|
Respiratory Medicine |
48 |
21 |
1 |
1216 |
||
|
Rheumatology |
26 |
11 |
1 |
312 |
||
|
Urology |
170 |
239 |
218 |
32 |
1 |
8988 |
|
Vascular Surgery |
95 |
111 |
55 |
4 |
2099 |
|
|
Paediatric Radiology |
0 |
0 |
||||
|
Rehabilitation Medicine |
2 |
|||||
|
Paediatric Urology |
3 |
7 |
1 |
122 |
||
|
Paediatric Neurosurgery |
3 |
|||||
|
Paed Metabolic Medicine |
6 |
|||||
|
Paediatric Dermatology |
2 |
|||||
|
Paediatric Infectious Diseases |
1 |
|||||
|
Developmental Paediatrics |
3 |
|||||
|
Grand Total |
2248 |
2758 |
2191 |
270 |
46 |
71205 |
National Waiting List by Hospital
|
Row Labels |
0-3 Mths |
3-6 Mths |
6-9 Mths |
9-12 Mths |
12-15 Mths |
15-18 Mths |
|
Bantry General Hospital |
110 |
7 |
||||
|
Beaumont Hospital |
2271 |
1800 |
830 |
519 |
217 |
102 |
|
Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital |
633 |
596 |
186 |
57 |
8 |
3 |
|
Cavan General Hospital |
374 |
210 |
42 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Cork University Hospital |
483 |
276 |
169 |
113 |
50 |
51 |
|
Cork University Maternity Hospital |
170 |
120 |
57 |
39 |
16 |
10 |
|
Croom Orthopaedic Hospital |
161 |
40 |
8 |
|||
|
Ennis Hospital |
268 |
193 |
176 |
64 |
9 |
0 |
|
Lourdes Orthopaedic Hospital Kilcreene |
172 |
69 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Louth County Hospital |
257 |
82 |
23 |
1 |
||
|
Mallow General Hospital |
45 |
34 |
21 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
|
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital |
1994 |
1692 |
885 |
395 |
264 |
181 |
|
Mercy University Hospital |
464 |
210 |
100 |
54 |
37 |
35 |
|
Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar |
155 |
131 |
52 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise |
161 |
120 |
78 |
54 |
34 |
28 |
|
Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore |
477 |
368 |
226 |
136 |
71 |
69 |
|
Naas General Hospital |
88 |
44 |
16 |
10 |
6 |
2 |
|
Nenagh Hospital |
620 |
487 |
253 |
66 |
27 |
7 |
|
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda |
258 |
230 |
115 |
12 |
1 |
|
|
Our Lady's Hospital Navan |
371 |
204 |
115 |
38 |
10 |
2 |
|
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital |
824 |
533 |
233 |
66 |
34 |
6 |
|
South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital |
1236 |
755 |
316 |
107 |
53 |
41 |
|
South Tipperary General Hospital |
89 |
50 |
2 |
0 |
||
|
St. Columcille's Hospital |
213 |
178 |
115 |
16 |
18 |
18 |
|
St. James's Hospital |
1148 |
944 |
511 |
388 |
236 |
171 |
|
St. John's Hospital Limerick |
430 |
242 |
147 |
102 |
40 |
23 |
|
St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny |
304 |
189 |
95 |
58 |
27 |
6 |
|
St. Vincent's University Hospital |
1008 |
538 |
333 |
167 |
88 |
82 |
|
University Hospital Limerick |
825 |
505 |
257 |
125 |
105 |
64 |
|
University Hospital Waterford |
1689 |
1356 |
926 |
515 |
333 |
240 |
|
Wexford General Hospital |
172 |
48 |
6 |
0 |
||
|
Tallaght University Hospital |
1045 |
756 |
490 |
364 |
308 |
173 |
|
Letterkenny University Hospital |
853 |
510 |
266 |
99 |
48 |
35 |
|
Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown |
494 |
334 |
219 |
105 |
40 |
10 |
|
CHI at Crumlin |
721 |
562 |
288 |
250 |
158 |
134 |
|
Galway University Hospitals |
2722 |
2228 |
1265 |
830 |
480 |
405 |
|
Sligo University Hospital |
985 |
650 |
388 |
248 |
179 |
131 |
|
CHI at Tallaght |
164 |
122 |
75 |
97 |
47 |
39 |
|
CHI at Temple St |
340 |
230 |
117 |
90 |
53 |
35 |
|
University Hospital Kerry |
139 |
74 |
22 |
11 |
||
|
Portiuncula University Hospital |
119 |
55 |
35 |
31 |
7 |
2 |
|
Mayo University Hospital |
625 |
513 |
359 |
240 |
177 |
109 |
|
St. Michael's Hospital |
345 |
133 |
85 |
50 |
10 |
13 |
|
Roscommon University Hospital |
367 |
184 |
45 |
10 |
13 |
18 |
|
Grand Total |
26389 |
18602 |
9954 |
5538 |
3209 |
2248 |
|
Row Labels |
18-24 Mths |
24-36 Mths |
36-48 Mths |
48+ Mths |
Grand Total |
|
Bantry General Hospital |
117 |
||||
|
Beaumont Hospital |
94 |
110 |
2 |
5945 |
|
|
Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1489 |
|
|
Cavan General Hospital |
626 |
||||
|
Cork University Hospital |
70 |
69 |
11 |
1292 |
|
|
Cork University Maternity Hospital |
20 |
10 |
2 |
444 |
|
|
Croom Orthopaedic Hospital |
209 |
||||
|
Ennis Hospital |
1 |
711 |
|||
|
Lourdes Orthopaedic Hospital Kilcreene |
248 |
||||
|
Louth County Hospital |
363 |
||||
|
Mallow General Hospital |
3 |
0 |
117 |
||
|
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital |
326 |
279 |
56 |
5 |
6077 |
|
Mercy University Hospital |
27 |
33 |
2 |
962 |
|
|
Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar |
0 |
343 |
|||
|
Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise |
23 |
2 |
500 |
||
|
Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore |
108 |
94 |
2 |
1551 |
|
|
Naas General Hospital |
1 |
167 |
|||
|
Nenagh Hospital |
5 |
2 |
1467 |
||
|
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda |
0 |
0 |
616 |
||
|
Our Lady's Hospital Navan |
0 |
740 |
|||
|
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital |
6 |
1 |
1703 |
||
|
South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital |
35 |
9 |
2 |
2554 |
|
|
South Tipperary General Hospital |
141 |
||||
|
St. Columcille's Hospital |
11 |
8 |
12 |
5 |
594 |
|
St. James's Hospital |
275 |
225 |
0 |
1 |
3899 |
|
St. John's Hospital Limerick |
18 |
0 |
1002 |
||
|
St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny |
0 |
679 |
|||
|
St. Vincent's University Hospital |
94 |
69 |
33 |
19 |
2431 |
|
University Hospital Limerick |
71 |
48 |
1 |
2001 |
|
|
University Hospital Waterford |
283 |
185 |
6 |
5533 |
|
|
Wexford General Hospital |
226 |
||||
|
Tallaght University Hospital |
210 |
182 |
16 |
1 |
3545 |
|
Letterkenny University Hospital |
49 |
25 |
0 |
1885 |
|
|
Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown |
1 |
1203 |
|||
|
CHI at Crumlin |
195 |
152 |
20 |
0 |
2480 |
|
Galway University Hospitals |
479 |
470 |
77 |
15 |
8971 |
|
Sligo University Hospital |
176 |
154 |
21 |
2932 |
|
|
CHI at Tallaght |
48 |
25 |
1 |
618 |
|
|
CHI at Temple St |
36 |
11 |
1 |
913 |
|
|
University Hospital Kerry |
0 |
246 |
|||
|
Portiuncula University Hospital |
249 |
||||
|
Mayo University Hospital |
61 |
15 |
5 |
2104 |
|
|
St. Michael's Hospital |
4 |
1 |
641 |
||
|
Roscommon University Hospital |
24 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
671 |
|
Grand Total |
2758 |
2191 |
270 |
46 |
71205 |
