Written Answers Nos. 703-722
703. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the paediatric diabetic support services in place for paediatric diabetic patients living in County Offaly; if there are paediatric diabetic services provided at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41934/20]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
704. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Galway who have been approved for home help services but are still on the waiting list; the number waiting over six, 12, 18 and 24 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41935/20]
View answerAs these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
706. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 30 November 2020 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks. [41945/20]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
707. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a ophthalmology appointment in primary care as of 30 November 2020 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks. [41946/20]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
708. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care as of 30 November 2020 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks. [41947/20]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
709. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care as of 30 November 2020 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks. [41948/20]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
710. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care as of 30 November 2020 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks. [41949/20]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
711. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care as of 30 November 2020 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks. [41950/20]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
712. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment as of 30 November 2020 or the latest date available; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks. [41951/20]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
713. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2020. [41952/20]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
714. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area as of 30 November 2020 or the latest date available; the way in which this compares to target in each LHO for the same time period; the number of persons currently on the waiting list for home support in each LHO area in tabular form; and the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to 12 and more than 12 months. [41953/20]
View answerAs these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
715. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 30 November 2020 or the latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the scheme for each local health area in tabular form; and the length of time waiting. [41954/20]
View answerAs these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
716. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients that have been removed from outpatient lists in 2020 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. [41955/20]
View answerIn order to ensure the accuracy of waiting lists, good 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 from the waiting list.
For a number of years validation was conducted at individual hospital level in Ireland but in 2018 the Minister for Health approved the establishment of the National Centralised Validation Unit (NCVU) within the NTPF. The establishment of a centralised function has facilitated the introduction of a standardised approach to validation of waiting lists across hospitals and across IPDC and OPD waiting lists.
The NCVU advised my Department that the validation of waiting list process, which had been suspended at the end of March due to COVID-19, recommenced on 7th August. Between 1st January and the end of November 2020 a total of 26,539 patients were removed from the Outpatient waiting list as a result of validation.
In relation to the data requested by the Deputy, the NCVU provided my Department with the attached document which outlines outpatient validation figures by hospital from 1st January to end November. 2020.
717. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 30 November 2020; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [41956/20]
View answerAs this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
718. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of November 2020, in tabular form; and the number to date in 2020. [41957/20]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
719. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost in each public and voluntary hospital owing to delayed discharges to date in 2020, in tabular form. [41958/20]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
720. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by first responder in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less; and the percentage of clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less for each ambulance station in each month in the year to 30 November 2020 or the latest date available in tabular form. [41959/20]
View answerAs this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
721. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years or over that experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours during November 2020; the number to date in 2020; the hospitals in which the wait occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41960/20]
View answerWith regard to the Deputy's specific question, I have asked the HSE to respond directly with the requested information.
722. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in November 2020; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; and the number that waited longer than 40, 60, 90, 120 and more than 180 minutes for same in tabular form. [41961/20]
View answerAs this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
