Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 July 2019
1176. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on their first orthopaedic appointment with a consultant across the HSE, in hospitals, public and voluntary, by hospital and time waiting in tabular form. [31940/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraReducing waiting time for patients for hospital operations and procedures is a key priority for Government. In this regard, the Government is committed to improving waiting times for hospital appointments and procedures.
Budget 2019 announced that the Government has further increased investment in tackling waiting lists, with funding to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) increasing from €55 million in 2018 to €75 million in 2019. The joint Department of Health/HSE/NTPF Scheduled Care Access Plan 2019 was published in March and sets out measures to improve care for patients waiting for scheduled care in 2019 by reducing waiting times for inpatient/day case treatment and outpatient appointments. The plan places a strong focus on ten high-volume Inpatient/Day Case procedures. When combined with HSE activity, it is projected that the NTPF will be in a position to offer treatment to all clinically suitable patients waiting more than 6 months for one of these high-volume procedures.
A key element of the Plan is the stabilisation of the Outpatient Waiting List. Under the Plan the HSE, in line with the National Service Plan, will aim to deliver 3.3 million outpatient appointments, of which approximately 1 million will be first appointments. For its part the NTPF will aim to deliver 40,000 first Outpatient appointments.
The NTPF advise that over recent months they have placed a particular focus on engaging with hospital groups and individual hospitals to identify waiting list proposals. The NTPF welcomes proposals from all acute hospitals for initiatives to improve access for patients on waiting lists.
In addition, my Department is working with the HSE and NTPF, under the Access Plan, with the objective of developing medium-long term improvement initiatives for patient access to hospital procedures. This will include moving care to more appropriate settings and providing care at the lowest level of complexity.
The data requested by the Deputy is outlined in the following document.
|
Row Labels |
0-3 Months |
3-6 Months |
6-9 Months |
9-12 Months |
12-15 Months |
15-18 Months |
18-24 Months |
24+ Months |
Small Volume TimeBands |
Grand Total |
|
Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital |
27 |
35 |
14 |
16 |
7 |
99 |
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Cavan General Hospital |
5 |
5 |
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|
CHI at Crumlin |
533 |
347 |
251 |
246 |
181 |
122 |
151 |
1831 |
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CHI at Tallaght |
119 |
119 |
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CHI at Temple St |
400 |
258 |
233 |
218 |
229 |
149 |
180 |
114 |
1781 |
|
|
Croom Orthopaedic Hospital |
109 |
53 |
40 |
41 |
38 |
24 |
59 |
74 |
438 |
|
|
Galway University Hospital |
130 |
52 |
27 |
21 |
11 |
19 |
7 |
9 |
276 |
|
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Kerry General Hospital |
23 |
13 |
8 |
5 |
49 |
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Letterkenny General Hospital |
42 |
22 |
18 |
22 |
25 |
20 |
31 |
11 |
191 |
|
|
Mayo General Hospital |
51 |
23 |
17 |
14 |
17 |
12 |
8 |
142 |
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|
Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore |
52 |
52 |
27 |
10 |
5 |
8 |
154 |
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|
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda |
57 |
23 |
29 |
11 |
14 |
7 |
141 |
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|
Our Lady's Hospital Navan |
6 |
6 |
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Sligo Regional Hospital |
55 |
31 |
18 |
41 |
21 |
17 |
27 |
8 |
218 |
|
|
Small Volume Hospitals |
9 |
16 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
57 |
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South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital |
332 |
65 |
37 |
19 |
11 |
6 |
19 |
40 |
529 |
|
|
University Hospital Waterford |
69 |
40 |
18 |
22 |
27 |
5 |
12 |
193 |
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|
Grand Total |
2019 |
1030 |
745 |
691 |
581 |
386 |
487 |
282 |
8 |
6229 |
