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218 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will give details of the position regarding hospital waiting lists at the end of the third quarter of 1997 in relation to each health board area and each hospital in the State. [21817/97]
245 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the initiative, if any, which will be introduced to reduce waiting lists in 1998; the moneys, if any, which will be made available for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22262/97]
249 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have died while on a waiting list for treatment in each speciality in each of the past five years to date in 1997; the length of time they were waiting in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22266/97]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 218, 245 and 249 together.
The following tables supply the information requested by the Deputy for the period ending 30 September 1997. I have provided a total of £12 million to address hospital waiting lists in 1998. Of this amount, I am allocating £9 million immediately. I am currently reviewing the situation in relation to cardiac waiting lists. As soon as I have completed this task I propose to allocate the remaining £3 million to this and other priority areas.
I have reviewed the arrangements for application of waiting list funding and I have taken the following initiatives to improve the effectiveness of the system: where applicable, agencies have been notified in their determination of net expenditure for 1998 of the level of funding available to them for waiting list work. This will give agencies much earlier notice of the money available than in previous years and will enable them to plan their activity accordingly. Each agency's service plan must now specify targets for waiting list activity during the year. It will then be the responsibility of the chief executive officer-hospital manager to ensure that the targets are achieved and to take corrective action if necessary as the year proceeds. Agencies have been instructed to focus increasingly on waiting times as well as on waiting lists, with the objective of ensuring that children do not have to wait longer than six months and adults no longer then 12 months in the specialities targeted for attention.
Where agencies have not already done so, they have requested to designate an individual to act as a co-ordinator of waiting list work within the agency and as a contact point with the Department.
Information relating to persons who have died while awaiting treatment is not collected by my Department.
|
Health Board Area |
(£s) |
|
Eastern |
4,218,000 |
|
Midland |
580,000 |
|
Mid-Western |
689,000 |
|
North-Eastern |
520,000 |
|
North-Western |
620,000 |
|
South-Eastern |
697,000 |
|
Southern |
809,000 |
|
Western |
867,000 |
|
Total allocated |
9,000,000 |
|
Organisation Name |
September 1997 |
|
Adelaide Hospital |
820 |
|
Beaumont Hospital |
2,473 |
|
Cavan General Hospital |
177 |
|
Coombe Women's Hospital |
79 |
|
Cork University Hospital |
949 |
|
Ennis |
0 |
|
Ennis General Hospital |
0 |
|
Hume Street Hospital (Dublin) |
0 |
|
James Connolly Memorial Hospital (Blanchardstown) |
111 |
|
Letterkenny General Hospital |
677 |
|
Louth County Hospital, Dundalk |
53 |
|
Mallow General Hospital |
0 |
|
Mater Misericordiae Hospital |
3,358 |
|
Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar |
78 |
|
Meath Hospital |
547 |
|
Mercy Hospital, Cork |
804 |
|
Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway |
474 |
|
Monaghan General Hospital |
231 |
|
Mullingar General Hospital |
84 |
|
Naas General Hospital |
98 |
|
National Children's Hospital (Harcourt Street) |
40 |
|
National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street |
81 |
|
National Rehabilitation Hospital |
0 |
|
Nenagh General Hospital |
0 |
|
Orthopaedic Hospital, Kilcreene |
502 |
|
Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital, (Drogheda) |
419 |
|
Our Lady's General Hospital, Navan |
503 |
|
Our Lady's Hospital, (Crumlin) |
505 |
|
Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel |
61 |
|
Portiuncula Hospital, (Ballinasloe) |
24 |
|
Portlaoise General Hospital |
183 |
|
Regional Hospital, (Dooradoyle) Limerick |
1,183 |
|
Regional Orthopaedic (Croom) |
642 |
|
Roscommon General Hospital |
8 |
|
Rotunda Hospital, (Dublin) |
215 |
|
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, (Dublin) |
778 |
|
Sligo Regional Hospital |
1,232 |
|
South Infirmary-Victoria Hospital Ltd. |
1,055 |
|
St. Columcille's Hospital (Loughlinstown) |
0 |
|
St. John's Hospital (Limerick) |
219 |
|
St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonmel |
221 |
|
St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny |
446 |
|
St. Lukes and St. Anne's Hospitals |
0 |
|
St. Mary's Hospital, Cappagh |
1,169 |
|
St. Mary's Hospital, Gurranebraher |
716 |
|
St. Michael's Hospital (Dún Laoghaire) |
178 |
|
St. Vincent's Hospital (Elm Park) |
1,777 |
|
St. James's Hospital |
2,466 |
|
Temple Street Children's Hospital (Dublin) |
1,122 |
|
Tralee General Hospital |
298 |
|
Tullamore General Hospital |
1,606 |
|
Universty College Hospital, Galway |
2,124 |
|
Waterford Maternity Hospital (Airmount) |
0 |
|
Waterford Regional Hospital, Ardkeen |
1,239 |
|
Wexford General Hospital |
227 |
|
Total |
32,252 |
|
Health Board Area |
Waiting List |
|
Eastern |
15,817 |
|
Midland |
1,873 |
|
Mid-Western |
2,044 |
|
North-Eastern |
1,383 |
|
North-Western |
1,909 |
|
South Eastern |
2,696 |
|
Southern |
3,822 |
|
Western |
2,708 |
|
All Health Boards |
32,252 |
