Cancer Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 October 2020

Wednesday, 14 October 2020

Questions (258, 259, 260)

Johnny Guirke

Question:

258. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of monthly referrals to rapid access prostate clinics from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30438/20]

Johnny Guirke

Question:

259. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of monthly referrals to rapid access lung clinics from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30439/20]

Johnny Guirke

Question:

260. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of monthly referrals to symptomatic breast disease clinics from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30440/20]

Written answers

Minister for Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 258 to 260, inclusive, together.

The HSE's National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) advise that monthly referrals are tracked using electronic GP referral data to Rapid Access Clinics. Approximately 80% of all referrals are received electronically. The data is only available from 2019.

E-Referrals to Symptomatic Breast Disease Clinics:

Breast	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2019	3,317	3,096	3,145	2,846	3,091	2,485	2,736	2,583	2,702	3,471	3,289	2,254
2020	3,518	3,069	1,932	2,206	3,079	3,350	3,554	3,147	3,803	-	-	-

E-Referrals to Rapid Access Lung Clinics:

Lung	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2019	138	143	150	168	170	129	126	153	120	139	149	138
2020	207	184	107	85	106	137	104	109	141	-	-	-

E-Referrals to Rapid Access Prostate Clinics:

Prostate	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2019	282	265	280	276	320	284	310	263	277	311	327	280
2020	306	280	251	155	215	220	282	271	336	-	-	-

The 2020 data are subject to a final verification process.