Hospital Waiting Lists Data

Tuesday, 22 October 2019

Questions (379, 380)

Lisa Chambers

Question:

379. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an outpatient appointment in Mayo University Hospital; and the length of time each has been waiting, in tabular form. [43378/19]

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Lisa Chambers

Question:

380. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Mayo waiting for an outpatient appointment in CHO 2; the facility they are waiting to receive the appointment; the length of time they have been waiting; and the procedure they are waiting for, that is, hip replacement, knee replacement and so on in tabular form [43379/19]

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Written answers

Minister for Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 379 and 380 together.

Reducing waiting time for patients for hospital operations and procedures is a key priority for Government. In this regard, the Government is committed to improving waiting times for hospital appointments and procedures.

Budget 2020 announced that the Government has further increased investment in tackling waiting lists, with funding to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) increasing from €75 million in 2019 to €100 million in 2020.

My Department is working with the HSE and National Treatment Purchase Fund to develop the Scheduled Care Access Plan 2020. The National Service Plan 2020 will set out HSE planned activity level for the year ahead, while the NTPF will work with the hospital system to provide additionality to improve access to inpatient/daycase treatment and with a particular focus on hospital outpatient services.

In this regard, I would encourage all hospital groups and individual hospitals to engage with the NTPF to identify waiting list proposals for the remainder of this year and for 2020.

The information requested by the deputy is outlined in the following tables contained in the link below. The NTPF advise that they do not collect Outpatient data by procedure. However, they have provided this data by specialty.

https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/debates/questions/supportingDocumentation/2019-10-22_pq379_en.docx

Table ctg.

Total Outpatient Waiters with an Area of Residence in Co.Mayo by Hospital/Specialty by Wait Time Band as at 26/09/2019

Hospital/specialty	0-3 Months	3-6 Months	6-9 Months	9-12 Months	12-15 Months	15-18 Months	18 Months +	Grand Total
Beaumont Hospital	22	20	11				6	59
Neurology								5
Neurosurgery	12						10	22
Otolaryngology (ENT)				15				15
*Small Volume Specialties								17
Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital	13			7				20
Orthopaedics	13			7				20
CHI at Crumlin	42	46	29	17	10	8	35	187
Dental Surgery								6
Ophthalmology								7
Paed Cardiology	7	11		7			6	31
Paed Endocrinology								8
Paed Gastro-Enterol								5
Paed Orthopaedic		9	10	5			6	30
Paediatric Dermatology								9
Paediatric ENT								7
Paediatric Surgery	12	5						17
Paediatric Urology	5	7	5				9	26
Rheumatology						13	11	24
*Small Volume Specialties								17
CHI at Temple St	20	18	13			11	8	70
Paed Endocrinology								6
Paed Orthopaedic								12
Paediatric Surgery								10
Paediatric Urology								9
Plastic Surgery								7
*Small Volume Specialties								26
Croom Orthopaedic Hospital								5
Orthopaedics								5
Galway University Hospitals	1981	1062	707	575	426	355	1075	6181
Anaesthetics	28	21	13	17	14	18	97	208
Cardiology	112	86	63	18	11			290
Clinical Immunology	16	15	20	19	13	5		88
Dermatology	110	66	37	45	35	41	110	444
Endocrinology	8							8
Gastro-Enterology	26	9	10					45
General Medicine	79	42	20	17	14	10	55	237
General Surgery	210	17	8	7		8	6	256
Gynaecology	64	19		11		6	23	123
Haematology	48	25	24		17			114
Nephrology	26	14	7	13	6	10	30	106
Neurology	179	108	77	53	44	36	139	636
Oncology	5							5
Ophthalmology	174	87	48	55	39	14	7	424
Oral Surgery	75	31	25	20	22	17	68	258
Orthopaedics	89	73	57	55	46	31	53	404
Otolaryngology (ENT)	82	62	56	41	23	21	62	347
Paediatrics	39	21	10				5	75
Pathology	5	5				12		22
Plastic Surgery	195	83	43	31	28	14	8	402
Respiratory Medicine	34	26	15	14	16	26	10	141
Rheumatology	70	48	41	34	23	19	42	277
Urology	163	119	71	71	41	56	275	796
Vascular Surgery	137	84	56	35	39	27	88	466
*Small Volume Specialties								9
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital	28	13	17	10		8	18	94
Cardiology		11					8	19
Neurology								15
Ophthalmology								8
Orthopaedics								11
Respiratory Medicine								9
*Small Volume Specialties								32
Mayo University Hospital	2412	961	779	672	519	521	2163	8027
Dermatology	91	69	50	60	53	55	300	678
Endocrinology	12		5				5	22
General Medicine	585	304	280	226	223	209	509	2336
General Surgery	620	152	159	123	51		35	1140
Geriatric Medicine	13							13
Gynaecology	219		32					251
Nephrology	27		13	12	8	5	73	138
Orthopaedics	440	139	68	21	26	29	51	774
Otolaryngology (ENT)	172	171	167	196	129	156	1021	2012
Paediatrics	177	63	30	21	15		14	320
Urology	17	19	18	12	13	24	200	303
Obstetrics		35						35
*Small Volume Specialties								5
Portiuncula University Hospital	10		5				8	23
Respiratory Medicine	6					7		13
*Small Volume Specialties								10
Roscommon University Hospital	137	53	36	15	9	11	37	298
General Medicine	6			5				11
General Surgery	25	5						30
Otolaryngology (ENT)		5				9	10	24
Plastic Surgery	77	39	24				8	148
Urology	9						6	15
Vascular Surgery	14		8	8	5	9	20	64
*Small Volume Specialties								6
Sligo University Hospital	185	125	111	64	67	52	92	696
Dermatology	24	13	10					47
Endocrinology	6		5				7	18
General Medicine	15	15	9				7	46
General Surgery								12
Gynaecology								12
Neurology	8				9	5	20	42
Ophthalmology	65	30	33	17	6	6	6	163
Orthopaedics			7			13	8	28
Otolaryngology (ENT)	35	25	32	33	36	35	39	235
Paediatrics								9
Pain Relief	6	5					12	23
Rheumatology	17	15					11	43
Urology								13
*Small Volume Specialties								5
St. James's Hospital	21	10		11			6	48
Clinical (Medical) Genetics	6							6
Dermatology								5
Maxillo-Facial								12
*Small Volume Specialties								25
St. Michael's Hospital								5
St. Vincent's University Hospital	14		8				9	31
Cardiology								5
*Small Volume Specialties								26
Tallaght University Hospital			10				10	20
Orthopaedics								5
Urology								5
*Small Volume Specialties								10
University Hospital Limerick								9
*Small Volume Specialties								9
University Hospital Waterford								9
*Small Volume Specialties								9
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda								7
*Small Volume Specialties								7
Our Lady's Hospital Navan								7
*Small Volume Specialties								7
South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital								5
*Small Volume Specialties								5
St. Columcille's Hospital								5
*Small Volume Specialties								5
*Small Volume Hospitals								23
Grand Total	4903	2338	1726	1382	1049	972	3459	15829

*Due to the small volume of patients waiting in certain hospitals, to preserve patient confidentiality, when the amount of patients is <5, these have been included within broader timebands or aggregated into 'Small Hospitals Specialties' and 'Small Volume Hospitals' cohorts.