Written Answers Nos. 893-913
893. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for sign off by the CEO/Director General of the HSE for consultants to switch from type B to type C contracts once a recommendation was made to him from 2013 to date broken down by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37426/22]
View answerI have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy with the information sought as soon as possible, given its statutory functions in relation to consultant posts.
894. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full cost of all services, assessments or interventions to children with disabilities provided by non-HSE organisations through CAMHS from 2016 to date, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37428/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
895. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full range of health and social care services for children with disabilities outsourced by the HSE through children’s disability network teams broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37429/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
896. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full range of health and social care services for children with disabilities outsourced by the HSE through primary care services from 2016 to date, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37430/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
897. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full range of health and social care services for children with disabilities outsourced by the HSE through CAMHS from 2016 to date, broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37431/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
898. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown of the €22,828,060 provided to an organisation (details supplied) via the disability and primary care sectors broken down by funding to children’s disability network teams, primary care, CAHMS or any other area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37432/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
899. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, in the month of June, by hospital group and hospital in tabular form; the cause of cancellations that is, hospital initiated, patient initiated et cetera; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37433/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
900. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median and maximum patient experience time to admission for all patients for emergency department admissions and broken down for those under 75 and 75+ years of age, for each emergency department in each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group in June 2022 totalled for each category and group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37434/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
901. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum patient experience time to admission for all patients and for those under 75 and 75+ years of age for emergency department admissions, for each emergency department, for each statutory HSE and public voluntary hospital by hospital group for each month in 2022 to date totalled for each category and group in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37435/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
902. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who waited 0-6, 6-12, 12-24, 24-36, 36-48, and 48+ hours for admission via an emergency department, for each emergency department, in June 2022, in tabular form; the number of patients aged over 60 and over 75 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37436/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
904. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of Quarter 2 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37438/22]
View answerIn relation to the query raised, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has advised that the data for Quarter 2 2022 is currently being collated and will be available in the coming weeks.
905. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities to date for June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37439/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
906. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists who submitted claims under the dental treatment services scheme for each month in 2022 to date, by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37440/22]
View answerThe HSE have advised that details of the number of dentists who submitted claims under the Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) for each month in 2022 to date are available by LHO and have been provided seperately in tabular form.
Please note that these figures relate to claims made for the previous month. Not all dentists holding a DTSS contract make a claim in any particular month. In this regard, these figures are subject to the following caveats:
- Not all dentists are active on the Scheme in any given month due to sickness/leave;
- A dentist may have missed the deadline for submitting claims in a given month;
- Many dentists submit only claims once every 2-3 months;
- More rarely, a dentist may have recently left the scheme and has yet to notify the HSE.
907. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 60-74 and 75+ years on community healthcare waiting lists, by care group, for June 2022, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37441/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
908. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists, by care group, for June 2022, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37442/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
909. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis waiting for a procedure; the number waiting greater than 6 months and 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37444/22]
View answerReducing waiting times for hospital appointments and procedures remains a commitment of this Government. Earlier this year I approved an ambitious plan for Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) to reduce the number of children waiting for spinal orthopaedic procedures (scoliosis and spina bifida) by year end. Both current and capital funding totalling €17.43 million has been approved for this initiative. The plan will result in an additional 67 spinal fusions and 28 spinal other procedures for children with Scoliosis, as well as an additional 141 procedures for children with Spina Bifida. The plan also allocates substantial paediatric orthopaedic procedures at Cappagh orthopaedic hospital, with 720 additional procedures planned for the year. The impact of the plan has already been recorded with increased activity year to date.
This latest initiative is further evidence of this Government’s commitment to address acute hospital waiting lists. The 2022 Waiting List Action Plan allocates €350 million to the HSE and National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to improve waiting times. This is the first stage of an ambitious multi-annual waiting list programme, which is currently under development in the Department of Health.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
910. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children with spina bifida waiting for an orthopaedic or urology procedure; the number waiting greater than 6 months and 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37445/22]
View answerReducing waiting times for hospital appointments and procedures remains a commitment of this Government. Earlier this year I approved an ambitious plan for Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) to reduce the number of children waiting for spinal orthopaedic procedures (scoliosis and spina bifida) by year end. Both current and capital funding totalling €17.43 million has been approved for this initiative. The plan will result in an additional 67 spinal fusions and 28 spinal other procedures for children with Scoliosis, as well as an additional 141 procedures for children with Spina Bifida. The plan also allocates substantial paediatric orthopaedic procedures at Cappagh orthopaedic hospital, with 720 additional procedures planned for the year. The impact of the plan has already been recorded with increased activity year to date.
This latest initiative is further evidence of this Government’s commitment to address acute hospital waiting lists. The 2022 Waiting List Action Plan allocates €350 million to the HSE and National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to improve waiting times. This is the first stage of an ambitious multi-annual waiting list programme, which is currently under development in the Department of Health.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
911. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments, by appointment type, cancelled in June 2022, for each hospital in tabular form; if he will request the information from each hospital as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37446/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
912. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric orthopaedic appointments, by appointment type cancelled in June 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37447/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
913. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department post-registration but pre-admission in the month of June 2022 by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37448/22]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
