I can confirm to the Deputy that the HSE continue to report on the acute hospital key performance indicator (KPI) of the percentage of people waiting less than13 weeks following a referral for colonoscopy or upper G.I. endoscopy (OGD), with the KPI for 2022 set at 65%. This information is collected monthly and reported through the HSE Management Data Report (MDR). The Department oversees the performance of the HSE in relation to the delivery of services and KPIs set out in its National Service Plan. This is achieved through an on-going monthly performance management process where the HSE reports against the targets set out in the Service Plan. Monthly high-level meetings between management in both organisations are held to discuss on-going or emerging performance issues and to determine actions to resolve and improve areas of concern.
In addition, my Department also closely monitors the waiting list for G.I. Endoscopy services. This waiting list information is collected, collated, validated, and published by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). This waiting list data is published by hospital and nationally in standardised time bands of 0-6, 6-12,12-18 and 18+ months. This information is used by my Department to monitor demand for G.I. Endoscopy services, with endoscopy services remaining a key component of the 2022 Waiting List Action Plan. The NTPF data is also a central source of waiting list figures used for answering parliamentary questions by my Department.
The waiting lists for G.I. Endoscopy consist of procedures for both colonoscopy and upper G.I endoscopy (OGD). In a recent parliamentary questions raised by the Deputy, it was this published total G.I. Endoscopy figure which was provided in respect of University Hospital Kerry, in the standardised time bands made available to my Department by the NTPF.
In response to the Deputy’s current request for specific waiting time bands for endoscopy by 13 week time bands, I have asked the NTPF to extract the figures for colonoscopy for UHK for each month in 2022 and in addition I have also requested the figure for OGD by month, both of which are provided in the attached table. The over-arching G.I. Endoscopy waiting list for University Hospital Kerry by standardised time bands remains available on the NTPF website.
Total Waiters for a GI Scope Procedure by GI Type by Wait Time Band for 2022
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Row Labels
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0-13 Weeks
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13-26 Weeks
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Small Volume Time Band
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Grand Total
|
|
Jan-22
|
305
|
133
|
1
|
439
|
|
Colonoscopy
|
164
|
77
|
|
241
|
|
OGD
|
141
|
56
|
1
|
198
|
|
Feb-22
|
325
|
134
|
1
|
460
|
|
Colonoscopy
|
191
|
62
|
|
253
|
|
OGD
|
134
|
72
|
1
|
207
|
|
Mar-22
|
359
|
104
|
|
463
|
|
Colonoscopy
|
209
|
50
|
|
259
|
|
OGD
|
150
|
54
|
|
204
|
|
Apr-22
|
401
|
82
|
|
483
|
|
Colonoscopy
|
245
|
44
|
|
289
|
|
OGD
|
156
|
38
|
|
194
|
|
May-22
|
323
|
90
|
|
413
|
|
Colonoscopy
|
189
|
44
|
|
233
|
|
OGD
|
134
|
46
|
|
180
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