Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 February 2017
646. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the pre-planned hospital waiting list and the pre-admit hospital waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10365/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI wish to inform the Deputy that as of 31st January 2017, there were 18,058 persons on the NTPF Pre-Admit List for Inpatient/Day Case procedures and 13,490 persons on the Inpatient/Day Case Planned Procedures List.
Once a patient has been added to a waiting list, they are actively waiting for a date ‘To Come In’ and receive their care and/or treatment. The Pre-Admit list detail the number of patient who have an appointment date for their treatment. A patient placed on a waiting list for a Planned Procedure is a patient who has had an initial episode of care requires recall for further stage, or a series of admissions, or a timed procedure in the future as part of the ongoing clinical care and/or treatment. Procedures under this category are usually part of a planned sequence of clinical care determined by clinical criteria.
Two weeks ago I committed to asking the NTPF to work towards the publication of Pre-Admit and Planned Procedures Waiting Lists. In this regard, the NTPF will review and advise me on appropriate format for publication for these two different categories of patients.
