David Cullinane
Question:616. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer patients who saw a consultant in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5018/21]
View answerWednesday, 3 February 2021
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The number of patients who attended Symptomatic Breast Disease Clinics, Lung Rapid Access Clinics and Prostate Rapid Access Clinics in January-November 2019 and 2020 is set out below. These clinics operate in each of the 8 designated cancer centres (with a Symptomatic Breast Disease Clinic also in Letterkenny University Hospital as a satellite of University Hospital Galway). The HSE's National Cancer Control Programme advises that data on the number of patients who saw a consultant at symptomatic cancer clinics for other tumour types is not currently available.
Data for 2020 is available up to and including November and so the figures below compare the first 11 months of 2019 with the first 11 months of 2020.
|
Clinic |
Jan - Nov 2019 |
Jan - Nov 2020* |
|
Symptomatic Breast Clinics - Urgent |
19,559 |
17,816 |
|
Symptomatic Breast Clinics - Non-Urgent |
20,049 |
15,155 |
|
Rapid Access Lung Clinics |
3,344 |
3,018 |
|
Rapid Access Prostate Clinics |
3,571 |
2,740 |
* The more recent 2020 data is subject to final verification.