Vol. 494 No. 4
286 Ms McManus asked the Minister for Health and Children the most recent hospital waiting list figures broken down by hospital and by speciality; the total number of temporary bed closures by hospital to date in 1998; and the average period of the closure. [18289/98]
Temporary bed closures are used to facilitate ward refurbishments and annual leave for staff in the hospital services. They also take place in the context of effective bed management which forms a normal part of budgetary management strategy and must be set in the context of actual hospital activity for this year. In the period January to June 1998 total discharges for all hospitals have been almost 4 per cent up on the same period last year.
In addition, the number of overnight hospital beds available does not reflect the complete picture of activity in modern hospitals. For example, trends in medical practice in recent years have been for a marked shift in care from in-patient level to day case and out-patient level together with reduced average lengths of stay and increased bed occupancy rates. To illustrate this point, overall acute hospital in-patient activity for January to June 1998 shows an increase of 1.11 per cent over the same period in 1997, while the corresponding increase in day case activity is 9 per cent.
The numbers of people on waiting lists at the end of June 1998 and the total number of temporary bed closures to date in 1998 are set out in the following tables.
|
Specialty name |
Public In-Patient Waiting List at 30/06/98 |
|
Cardiac Surgery |
1,211 |
|
Cardiology |
1,243 |
|
Chemotherapy |
0 |
|
Dental |
388 |
|
Dermatology |
38 |
|
E.N.T. |
7,638 |
|
Endocrine |
75 |
|
Endocrinology |
2 |
|
Endoscopy |
93 |
|
Gastro-enterology |
243 |
|
Genito-Urinary |
0 |
|
Gerontology |
3 |
|
Gynaecology |
2,545 |
|
Haematology |
1 |
|
Maxillo-Facial |
193 |
|
Medicine |
193 |
|
Metabolic |
0 |
|
Nephrology |
78 |
|
Neurology |
70 |
|
Neurosurgery |
380 |
|
Obstetrics |
0 |
|
Oncology |
0 |
|
Opthalmology |
3,608 |
|
Orthodontics |
0 |
|
Orthopaedics |
6,648 |
|
Paediatrics |
0 |
|
Pain |
255 |
|
Plastic Surgery |
1,578 |
|
Psychiatry |
18 |
|
Radiotherapy |
0 |
|
Rehabilitation |
0 |
|
Renal |
0 |
|
Respiratory |
151 |
|
Rheumatology |
91 |
|
Surgery |
3,357 |
|
Thoracic |
39 |
|
Urology |
1,430 |
|
Vascular |
2,762 |
|
Total |
34,331 |
|
Organisation name |
Public in-Patient Waiting List at 30-6-98 |
|
Adelaide Hospital |
838 |
|
Beaumont Hospital |
2,497 |
|
Cavan General Hospital |
416 |
|
Coombe Women's Hospital |
87 |
|
Cork University Hospital |
923 |
|
Ennis |
0 |
|
Ennis General Hospital |
0 |
|
Hume Street Hospital (Dublin) |
0 |
|
James Connolly Memorial Hospital (Blanchardstown) |
57 |
|
Letterkenny General Hospital |
632 |
|
Longford/Westmeath General Hospital (Mullingar) |
142 |
|
Louth County Hospital, Dundalk |
6 |
|
Mallow General Hospital |
0 |
|
Mater Misericordiae Hospital |
3,212 |
|
Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar |
67 |
|
Meath Hospital |
557 |
|
Mercy Hospital, Cork |
701 |
|
Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway |
473 |
|
Monaghan General Hospital |
98 |
|
Naas General Hospital |
145 |
|
National Children's Hosp. (Harcourt St) |
124 |
|
National Maternity Hospital, Holles St. |
64 |
|
National Rehabilitation Hospital |
0 |
|
Nenagh General Hospital |
0 |
|
Orthopaedic Hospital, Kllcreene |
666 |
|
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (Voluntary to 5/97) |
399 |
|
Our Lady's General Hospital, Navan |
477 |
|
Our Lady's Hospital, (Crumlin) |
553 |
|
Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel |
59 |
|
Portiuncula Hospital, (Ballinasloe) |
53 |
|
Portlaoise General Hospital |
167 |
|
Regional Hospital, (Dooradoyle) Limerick |
1,455 |
|
Regional Orthopaedic Hospital (Croom) |
468 |
|
Roscommon General Hospital |
10 |
|
Rotunda Hospital, (Dublin) |
246 |
|
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital (Dublin) |
700 |
|
Sligo Regional Hospital |
1,544 |
|
South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital. Ltd. |
945 |
|
St. Columcille's Hospital Loughlinstown) |
0 |
|
St. John's Hospital (Limerick) |
317 |
|
St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonmel |
236 |
|
St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny |
535 |
|
St. Lukes and St. Annes Hospitals |
0 |
|
St. Mary's Hospital, Cappagh |
1,459 |
|
St. Mary's Hospital, Gurranebraher |
738 |
|
St. Michael's Hospital (Dunlaoire) |
168 |
|
St. Vincent's Hospital (Elm Park) |
1,891 |
|
St. James's Hospital |
2,129 |
|
Temple Street Children's Hospital (Dublin) |
1,095 |
|
Tralee General Hospital |
602 |
|
Tullamore General Hospital |
1,737 |
|
University College Hospital, Galway |
2,891 |
|
Waterford Maternity Hospital (Airmount) |
0 |
|
Waterford Regional Holpital, Ardkeen |
1,617 |
|
Wexford General Hospital |
335 |
|
TOTAL |
34,331 |
|
Health Board-Hospital |
Number of temporary bed closures in 1998 |
Average Period of Closure |
|
Western Health Board |
||
|
University College Hospital Galway |
117 |
4.95 weeks |
|
Merlin Park Regional Hospital |
||
|
Mayo General Hospital |
40 |
3.42 weeks |
|
South-Eastern Health Board |
||
|
-Waterford Regional Hospital |
30 |
4 weeks |
|
-Wexford General Hospital |
50 |
2.52 weeks |
|
-St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny |
44 |
7.4 weeks |
|
-Kilcreene Orthopaedic Hospital |
31 |
3 weeks |
|
-Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel |
25 |
5 weeks |
|
Southern Health Board |
||
|
-Mercy Hospital Cork |
45 |
5.36 weeks |
|
-South Infirmary — Victoria Hospital |
164 |
2.19 weeks |
|
-Cork University Hospital |
115 |
1.75 weeks |
|
North-Western Health Board |
||
|
-Letterkenny General Hospital |
32 |
13 weeks |
|
-Sligo General hospital |
52 |
6 weeks |
|
North-Eastern Health Board |
||
|
-Louth County Hospital, Dundalk |
25 |
9.14 weeks |
|
-Our Lady' Hospital, Navan |
29 |
7.11 weeks |
|
-Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda |
69 |
7.45 weeks |
|
Mid-Western Health Board |
||
|
-Limerick Regional Hospital |
79 |
2.16 weeks |
|
-Croom Orthopaedic Hospital |
27 |
38.57 |
|
-Nenagh General Hospital |
14 |
8.57 weeks |
|
Midland Health Board |
0 |
0 weeks |
|
Eastern Health Board |
||
|
-Beaumont Hospital |
191 |
4.36 weeks |
|
-Mater Hospital |
60 |
12 weeks |
|
-The Children's Hospital, Temple Street |
42 |
.83 weeks |
|
-Incorporated Orthopaedic Hospital, Clontarf |
26 |
3 weeks |
|
-St. Michael's Hospital |
8 |
12.86 weeks |
|
-St. Columcille's Hospital |
20 |
12.85 weeks |
|
-Holles Street |
13 |
4.28 weeks |
|
-St. Vincent's Hospital |
41 |
8.24 weeks |
|
-St. James's Hospital |
136 |
3.88 weeks |
|
-Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital |
210 |
1.15 weeks |
|
-The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin incorporating the National Children's Hospital Crumlin |
194 |
4 weeks |
|
63 |
3.93 weeks |
