Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 October 2019
336. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the one-to-five-year alternative care pathway for children with comorbidities who require and cannot access timely scoliosis care in an acute hospital setting here in view of the ongoing crisis in recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals. [41676/19]
View answer337. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his plans to allow for the outsourcing of scoliosis surgeries via the NTPF in view of the ongoing crisis in recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals and the excessive wait times for scoliosis surgery experienced by children. [41677/19]
View answer341. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of spinal monitoring surgeries that have been cancelled and rescheduled in Children’s Health Ireland hospitals during 2018 and to date in 2019 due to a lack of access to a spinal monitoring team; and his views on the current spinal monitoring arrangement in Children’s Health Ireland hospitals in view of Brexit and the fact the spinal monitoring team is based in Belfast and is only on contract to the HSE. [41681/19]
View answer343. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of children on suspended waiting lists for scoliosis surgery in Children’s Health Ireland hospitals; and the length of time they have been suspended. [41683/19]
View answer344. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have been completely removed from scoliosis surgery waiting lists in Children’s Health Ireland hospitals since Jan 2017 without having a completed surgery. [41684/19]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 336, 337, 341, 343 and 344 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated by officials in my Department, and will be provided to the Deputy directly as soon as it becomes available.
