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Hospital Waiting Lists

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 January 2021

Thursday, 28 January 2021

Questions (300)

Holly Cairns

Question:

300. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for elective surgery in each hospital in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4949/21]

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It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted in the last year as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The HSE is currently recommending that only critical time dependent elective procedures are undertaken at this time due to the on-going and significant increased demand for bed capacity related to Covid-19.

This decision was made arising from the rapid increase in Covid-19 admissions and to ensure patient safety and that all appropriate resources were made available for Covid-19 related activity and time-critical essential work.

Patient safety remains at the centre of all hospital activity and elective care scheduling. To ensure services are provided in a safe, clinically-aligned and prioritised way, hospitals are following HSE clinical guidelines and protocols.

The National Waiting List Management Policy is a standardised approach used by the HSE to manage scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures. It sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists and was developed in 2014 to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care.

The data requested by the Deputy is outlined in the attached document, listing the IPDC waiting list in each Hospital in Cork. The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) publish the Inpatient and Day Case (IPDC) on the NTPF website monthly, https://www.ntpf.ie/home/inpatient.htm

IPDC Waiting List, Cork Hospitals as of 23/12/2020

Row Labels

0-3 Months

3-6 Months

6-9 Months

9-12 Months

12-15 Months

15-18 Months

18+ Months

Grand Total

Bantry General Hospital

102

95

42

71

27

13

0

350

Cork University Hospital

475

196

78

144

86

54

122

1155

Cork University Maternity Hospital

288

54

11

56

37

35

171

652

Mallow General Hospital

122

37

6

10

7

6*

188

Mercy University Hospital

488

138

70

137

107

69

152

1161

South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital

1311

449

103

126

96

62

88

2235

University Hospital Kerry

173

53

18

75

36

12

5

372

Grand Total

2959

1022

328

619

396

248

538

6113

*Due to the small volume of patients waiting, to preserve patient confidentiality, when the number of patients is <5, these have been included within broader timebands and aggregated into a 'Small Volume Group' cohort.

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