Sorca Clarke
Question:2053. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the extent of the waiting list period for those on waiting lists for menopause clinics, in tabular form. [41917/22]
View answerTuesday, 26 July 2022
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The first of the dedicated specialist menopause clinics opened in the National Maternity Hospital last December. A second clinic within the University of Limerick Hospital Group is located in the new Regional Women’s Health Hub at Nenagh General Hospital and opened in May 2022.
Budget 2022 funding will also facilitate the establishment of two additional such clinics, to be located in Cork and Galway, as part of the maternity networks in the South-South West and Saolta Hospital Groups. In addition, in April 2022, I announced funding through the Women’s Health Fund for two further specialist menopause clinics (at the Rotunda and the Coombe) to ensure that there is one such clinic in each maternity network. This will support equity of access for women across Ireland and bring the total number of these clinics nationally to six.
As the question regarding the waiting lists for these clinics is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.