Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 June 2022
1418. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients under 18 years of age on an acute hospital 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. [29062/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn relation to the particular query raised by the Deputy, the attached document, outlines the number of patients under 18 years of age on IPDC & OPD waiting lists by time-band and hospital.
It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. While significant work continues to positively impact on waiting times and improve pathways to elective care, acute hospitals have been impacted by operational challenges arising from surges in cases related to the Omicron variants.
The HSE has confirmed to the Department that patient safety remains at the centre of all hospital activity and elective care scheduling. To ensure services are provided in a safe, clinically-aligned and prioritised way, hospitals are following HSE clinical guidelines and protocols.
The Department of Health continues to work with the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to identify ways to improve access to care, including through increased use of private hospitals, funding weekend and evening work in public hospitals, funding “see and treat” services, providing virtual clinics, and increasing capacity in the public hospital system.
The 2022 Waiting List Action Plan, which was launched on the 25th of February, allocates €350 million to the HSE and NTPF to reduce waiting lists. Under this plan the Department, HSE, and NTPF will deliver urgent additional capacity for the treatment of patients, as well as investing in longer term reforms to bring sustained reductions in waiting lists.
The plan builds on the successes of the short-term 2021 plan that ran from September to December last year. The 2021 plan was developed by the Department of Health, the HSE and the NTPF and was driven and overseen by a senior governance group co-chaired by the Secretary General of the Department of Health and the CEO of the HSE and met fortnightly.
This rigorous level of governance and scrutiny of waiting lists has continued into this year with the oversight group evolving into the Waiting Lis Task Force. The Task Force will meet regularly to drive progress of the 2022 plan.
This is the first stage of an ambitious multi-annual waiting list programme, which is currently under development in the Department of Health. Between them, these plans will work to support short, medium, and long term initiatives to reduce waiting times and provide the activity needed in years to come.
IP Table
|
0-6 Mths |
6-12 Mths |
12-18 Mths |
18+ Mths |
SmallVolTimeBands |
Grand Total |
|
|
Inpatient Under 18yrs |
4,786 |
2,025 |
1,012 |
1,311 |
81 |
9,215 |
|
26/05/2022 |
4,786 |
2,025 |
1,012 |
1,311 |
81 |
9,215 |
|
Beaumont Hospital |
54 |
29 |
11 |
94 |
||
|
Cavan General Hospital |
27 |
5 |
32 |
|||
|
Children's Health Ireland |
2,733 |
1,519 |
867 |
1,084 |
6,203 |
|
|
Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown |
9 |
9 |
||||
|
Cork University Hospital |
95 |
27 |
14 |
16 |
152 |
|
|
Croom Orthopaedic Hospital |
10 |
10 |
||||
|
Ennis Hospital |
15 |
15 |
||||
|
Galway University Hospitals |
280 |
115 |
49 |
93 |
537 |
|
|
Letterkenny University Hospital |
58 |
20 |
7 |
31 |
116 |
|
|
Louth County Hospital |
10 |
10 |
||||
|
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital |
26 |
7 |
33 |
|||
|
Mayo University Hospital |
6 |
5 |
7 |
18 |
||
|
Mercy University Hospital |
65 |
27 |
13 |
105 |
||
|
Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar |
35 |
12 |
47 |
|||
|
Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise |
7 |
7 |
||||
|
Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore |
120 |
15 |
135 |
|||
|
National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh |
263 |
64 |
18 |
27 |
372 |
|
|
Nenagh Hospital |
24 |
6 |
30 |
|||
|
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda |
62 |
15 |
6 |
83 |
||
|
Our Lady's Hospital Navan |
12 |
12 |
||||
|
Portiuncula University Hospital |
30 |
7 |
37 |
|||
|
Roscommon University Hospital |
28 |
5 |
33 |
|||
|
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital |
94 |
11 |
6 |
111 |
||
|
Sligo University Hospital |
172 |
31 |
10 |
21 |
234 |
|
|
SmallVolHospitals |
39 |
39 |
||||
|
South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital |
163 |
25 |
5 |
5 |
198 |
|
|
St. Columcille's Hospital |
9 |
9 |
||||
|
St. James's Hospital |
14 |
8 |
5 |
27 |
||
|
St. John's Hospital Limerick |
9 |
9 |
||||
|
St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny |
16 |
6 |
22 |
|||
|
St. Vincent's University Hospital |
16 |
16 |
||||
|
Tallaght University Hospital |
27 |
27 |
||||
|
Tipperary University Hospital |
14 |
14 |
||||
|
University Hospital Kerry |
28 |
5 |
33 |
|||
|
University Hospital Limerick |
98 |
50 |
8 |
17 |
173 |
|
|
University Hospital Waterford |
134 |
26 |
10 |
12 |
182 |
|
|
Wexford General Hospital |
23 |
8 |
31 |
|||
|
Grand Total |
4,786 |
2,025 |
1,012 |
1,311 |
81 |
9,215 |
OP Table
|
Row Labels |
0-6 Mths |
6-12 Mths |
12-18 Mths |
18+ Mths |
SmallVolTimeBands |
Grand Total |
|
Outpatient Under 18yrs |
44,690 |
20,104 |
9,774 |
21,729 |
34 |
96,331 |
|
26/05/2022 |
44,690 |
20,104 |
9,774 |
21,729 |
34 |
96,331 |
|
Bantry General Hospital |
29 |
17 |
5 |
51 |
||
|
Beaumont Hospital |
469 |
139 |
8 |
616 |
||
|
Cavan General Hospital |
794 |
158 |
36 |
988 |
||
|
Children's Health Ireland |
18,616 |
8,974 |
5,270 |
11,364 |
44,224 |
|
|
Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown |
74 |
7 |
81 |
|||
|
Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital |
51 |
5 |
56 |
|||
|
Cork University Hospital |
3,041 |
1,708 |
615 |
1,237 |
6,601 |
|
|
Cork University Maternity Hospital |
79 |
26 |
105 |
|||
|
Croom Orthopaedic Hospital |
188 |
53 |
31 |
39 |
311 |
|
|
Ennis Hospital |
34 |
16 |
6 |
6 |
62 |
|
|
Galway University Hospitals |
2,980 |
1,535 |
668 |
1,473 |
6,656 |
|
|
Letterkenny University Hospital |
1,127 |
306 |
176 |
1,000 |
2,609 |
|
|
Louth County Hospital |
27 |
10 |
7 |
44 |
||
|
Mallow General Hospital |
192 |
34 |
7 |
6 |
239 |
|
|
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital |
468 |
138 |
45 |
42 |
693 |
|
|
Mayo University Hospital |
571 |
261 |
182 |
430 |
1,444 |
|
|
Mercy University Hospital |
378 |
106 |
37 |
33 |
554 |
|
|
Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar |
776 |
377 |
128 |
178 |
1,459 |
|
|
Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise |
647 |
231 |
98 |
104 |
1,080 |
|
|
Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore |
824 |
405 |
237 |
532 |
1,998 |
|
|
Naas General Hospital |
71 |
21 |
5 |
97 |
||
|
National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh |
204 |
77 |
31 |
9 |
321 |
|
|
Nenagh Hospital |
19 |
10 |
5 |
34 |
||
|
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda |
1,933 |
1,375 |
435 |
132 |
3,875 |
|
|
Our Lady's Hospital Navan |
45 |
17 |
18 |
29 |
109 |
|
|
Portiuncula University Hospital |
557 |
46 |
22 |
64 |
689 |
|
|
Roscommon University Hospital |
124 |
55 |
21 |
125 |
325 |
|
|
Rotunda Hospital |
80 |
47 |
127 |
|||
|
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital |
433 |
188 |
111 |
341 |
1,073 |
|
|
Sligo University Hospital |
1,233 |
556 |
244 |
378 |
2,411 |
|
|
SmallVolHospitals |
20 |
20 |
||||
|
South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital |
1,519 |
489 |
150 |
331 |
2,489 |
|
|
St. Columcille's Hospital |
80 |
26 |
8 |
114 |
||
|
St. James's Hospital |
289 |
79 |
44 |
105 |
517 |
|
|
St. John's Hospital Limerick |
12 |
9 |
21 |
|||
|
St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny |
498 |
36 |
534 |
|||
|
St. Michael's Hospital |
210 |
25 |
235 |
|||
|
St. Vincent's University Hospital |
232 |
65 |
14 |
311 |
||
|
Tallaght University Hospital |
315 |
185 |
88 |
60 |
648 |
|
|
Tipperary University Hospital |
335 |
181 |
18 |
534 |
||
|
University Hospital Kerry |
622 |
342 |
118 |
370 |
1,452 |
|
|
University Hospital Limerick |
2,136 |
829 |
528 |
1,995 |
5,488 |
|
|
University Hospital Waterford |
1,755 |
851 |
366 |
1,338 |
4,310 |
|
|
Wexford General Hospital |
623 |
98 |
5 |
726 |
||
|
Grand Total |
44,690 |
20,104 |
9,774 |
21,729 |
34 |
96,331 |
