Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 May 2023
842. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients who have been removed from outpatient lists in 2023 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. [24852/23]
View answerPeriodic validation forms an essential part of best practice in relation to the management of hospital waiting lists.
Validation is a process whereby hospital administration contacts patients on waiting lists at preplanned intervals to ensure that patients are ready, willing, suitable and available to attend a hospital appointment or if they wish to be removed.
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 validation function within the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). The establishment of a centralised function has facilitated the introduction of a standardised approach to validation of waiting lists across all hospitals and across Inpatient Day Case and Outpatient waiting lists.
In relation to the data requested by the Deputy, the NTPF provided the attached document which outlines outpatient validation removal figures by hospital from 1st January 2023 to 28 April 2023.
The NTPF has advised that patients who fail to respond to Outpatient Commissioning Offer letters are now formally validated by the validation team and removals relating to this cohort of patients are included in the attached report.
A recent technical error with the scanning database resulted in the validation numbers being overstated; this issue is being rectified by the NTPF and the HSE and the issue will be resolved by the end of June.
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Name of Hospital & Group: |
No. of patients removed due to validation exercise from 01/01/2023 - 30/04/2023 |
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IEHG |
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Mater Misericordiae Hospital |
2,423 |
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St Vincent's Hospital |
810 |
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Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar |
24 |
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St Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny |
216 |
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Wexford General Hospital |
267 |
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Our Lady's Hospital Navan |
405 |
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St Columcille's Hospital |
762 |
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St Michael's Hospital |
0 |
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National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh |
4 |
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Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital |
954 |
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Total: |
5,865 |
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RCSI |
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Beaumont Hospital |
0 |
Not currently participating in NTPF validation programme |
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Connolly Hospital |
183 |
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Our Lady's of Lourdes Drogheda |
1 |
Not currently participating in NTPF validation programme / only OPComVal |
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Louth County Hospital |
32 |
Not currently participating in NTPF validation programme / only OPComVal |
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Cavan & Monaghan Hospitals |
0 |
Not currently participating in NTPF validation programme / only OPComVal |
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The Rotunda Maternity Hospital |
8 |
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Total: |
224 |
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DMHG |
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St James Hospital |
1,526 |
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Tallaght Hospital (AMNCH) |
4,583 |
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Midland Regional Tullamore Hospital |
525 |
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Naas General Hospital |
847 |
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Midland Regional Portlaoise Hospital |
740 |
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Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital |
25 |
Not currently participating in NTPF validation programme / only OPComVal |
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Total: |
8,246 |
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ULHG |
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University Hospital Limerick |
3,138 |
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Ennis Hospital |
148 |
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Nenagh Hospital |
125 |
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Croom Hospital |
367 |
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St John's Hospital |
158 |
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Total: |
3,936 |
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SSWHG |
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Cork University Hospital |
2,759 |
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University Hospital Waterford |
157 |
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University Hospital Kerry |
763 |
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Mercy University Hospital |
592 |
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Tipperary University Hospital |
358 |
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South Infirmary Victoria Hospital |
768 |
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Bantry General Hospital |
34 |
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Mallow General Hospital |
71 |
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Total: |
5,502 |
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Saolta Hospital Group |
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University Hospital Galway |
2,544 |
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Sligo University Hospital |
1,489 |
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Letterkenny University Hospital |
1,231 |
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Mayo University Hospital |
1,117 |
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Portiuncula Hospital |
330 |
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Roscommon University Hospital |
677 |
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Total: |
7,388 |
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Children's Hospital Group |
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Crumlin Children's Hospital |
1,768 |
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Connolly Children's Hospital |
77 |
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Temple Street Children's Hospital |
799 |
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Tallaght Children's Hospital |
570 |
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Total: |
3,214 |
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Grand Total: |
34,375 |
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