Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 September 2012
55. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if the special delivery unit has achieved its target of a nine month maximum wait time for inpatient and daycase surgery by September 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40975/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe target for 2012, as set in the Health Service Executive (HSE) Service Plan 2012, is that no adult shall be waiting more than 9 months for an elective procedure. At the start of 2012 there were a total of 53,513 people who had to be treated by the 30 September 2012 to ensure that nobody was waiting more that 9 months for surgery. As of the 20 September 2012, 51, 637 (96%) had been treated. The Special Delivery Unit (SDU) and National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) intends to issue an end of Quarter 3 progress report against the 2012 access targets in early October on all hospitals. This will be based on the waiting list numbers submitted by each hospital to the NTPF at the end of September 2012. The SDU Scheduled Care Directorate together with the NTPF will continue to support individual hospitals towards reaching access targets before the end of 2012.
