Written Answers Nos. 665-684
666. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57782/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
667. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on disability service waiting lists for each service type, excluding children’s disability network teams for October 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57783/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
668. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO, and by age; and the length of wait in tabular form. [57784/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
669. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to a company (details supplied) regarding gastrointestinal scopes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57785/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra670. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the volume of outsourcing provided to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57786/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra672. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the services provided by a company (details supplied) to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57788/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 669, 670 and 672 together.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
671. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the sum of payments made to a company (details supplied) in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57787/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraNo payments have been made by my Department to this company. However, as the HSE may have made payments I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy.
673. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57789/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe latest available diagnostic waiting list data is outlined in the document attached, which sets out waiting list data for Quarter 3 2022 for CT, MRI and Ultrasound. The HSE advises that, at present, further diagnostic scans (including cholangiopancreatography, electroencephalogram, angiogram, and bone scan), are not yet captured as part of this project.
The 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.
The information that is currently being collected is presently being tested and validated at hospital, hospital group and national level and as such should not be used/reported without the context of the caveats set out below:
- Data is subject to inclusions and exclusions which are documented in the Data Profile Document. This document is available from Acute Operations and has been circulated to all Hospital Groups.
- Data contains urgent, routine and surveillance/planned activity which is currently not broken down in detail, as such this includes surveillance/planned activity which may not be exceeding planned date.
- Data is still undergoing validation at Hospital and Hospital Group level.
- Data does not take into account local nuances at site level (Site profile developed to support understanding of same).
- 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.
- This report is not intended to be used for the active management of hospital diagnostics waiting list, local reports and mechanisms should continue to be used for the management of diagnostics waiting lists at hospital level.
In Q3 2022, there were a total of 243,114 patients reported on the waiting list from all sites, this represents all outpatients waiting, urgent, semi-urgent, routine and planned/surveillance (where diagnostic access is planned at particular time intervals).
674. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type by hospital group and hospital in October 2022 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57790/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra675. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by speciality and appointment type by hospital group and hospital, in October 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57791/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra676. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations by appointment type by hospital group and hospital in October 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57792/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra677. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by speciality and appointment type, in October 2019, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57793/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 674 to 677, inclusive, together.
I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when elective procedures are cancelled, particularly for clinically urgent procedures. While every effort is made to avoid cancellation or postponement of planned procedures, the HSE has advised that planned procedures and operations can be postponed or cancelled for a variety of reasons including capacity issues due to increased scheduled and unscheduled care demand.
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 level of operational detail requested by the Deputy is not held by the Department and I have asked the HSE to provide it directly to him.
678. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response times relative to key performance indicators for ECHO and DELTA callouts for October 2022, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form. [57794/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra679. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response times relative to key performance indicators for ECHO and DELTA callouts for October 2019, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form. [57795/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 678 and 679 together.
As these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
680. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities in October 2022; the number for the year to the end of October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57796/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.
681. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals across HSE hospitals and community healthcare facilities for each month of 2019 and the total number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57797/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.
682. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists who submitted claims under the DTSS for each month to date in 2022, by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57798/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
683. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if agency workers who worked in HSE vaccination centres will receive the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57803/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
684. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges by location and by month to date in 2022, in tabular form. [57829/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra689. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges by location and by month in 2019 in tabular form. [57834/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 684 and 689 together.
As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
