Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 June 2022
1416. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients over 75 years of age on a diagnostic waiting list, broken down by the length of time they are waiting, namely for zero to three months, three to six months, six months to one year, greater than one year and greater than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29060/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe HSE advises that a pilot project commenced in 2016 by the HSE Acute Hospitals Division to progress the collection of national radiology waiting list data. The project has been supported by the Radiology Clinical Care Programme and has involved key stakeholders across the system including the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS) Team, Hospital Groups, and the support of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) for data collection and data management expertise.
Under this pilot project, data for CT, MRI and Ultrasound are collated quarterly by the NTPF. The purpose of this aggregate data is to provide a National Level overview of the number of patients waiting for modalities of CT, MRI and Ultrasound.
The NTPF has advised that, as the collection of diagnostic waiting list data is still in pilot mode, it is not possible to provide the detail requested by the Deputy.
