Vol. 561 No. 4
382 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will intervene with Beaumont Hospital on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo in view of the circumstances outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4617/03]
The provision of services for people living in County Sligo is a matter, in the first instance, for the North-Western Health Board.
The National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, has asked the health board and hospitals to identify public hospital patients waiting longest on in-patient lists, so that they can be offered treatment under this initiative. The NTPF is initially concentrating on adults who have been waiting on in-patient lists over 12 months and children waiting over six months for surgical procedures.
My Department has asked the chief executive officer of the National Treatment Purchase Fund to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and to reply directly to him.
