Written answers
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Department of Health
Hospital Waiting Lists
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form by each hospital the number of patients who have had their operations cancelled or rescheduled since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37118/12]
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the number of patients who have been transferred to another hospital waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37123/12]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1578 and 1583 together.
As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health the basis for which waiting list category definitions have been changed; the definition of each category in terms of recommended operation time before and after the change; the number of patients in each category before the change; the number in each category after the change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37119/12]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm that to date there have been no changes to the waiting list data capture categorisation since the patient treatment register (PTR) was established in 2005. As you are aware a new target of 9 month maximum waiting time for daycase and inpatient surgery has been implemented. The challenge for 2012 is firstly to maintain the 12 month maximum waiting time target for in patient and day case procedures and then to continually improve and move to a 9 month maximum waiting time target.
At present the categorisation of patients within the scheduled care system is neither defined with sufficient clarity nor enacted for each patient with sufficient consistency. The lack of clarity is contributed to by some ambiguity and vagueness within the existing definitions; and the lack of consistency by insufficiently rigorous attributions within hospital data sets, and inadequate audit and review processes. Unless we succeed in introducing much higher levels of clarity and consistency, effective systems management will be impossible. In that context it is the intention later in 2012 to request clinicians to categorise their referrals as either 'urgent' or 'routine'. It is important to emphasise that determining urgency will always rest with clinicians.
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health inclusive of inpatient, outpatient and elective treatment, the mean average length of time in terms of days for patients on waiting lists in March 2011; the same figure for July 2011; the figure now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37120/12]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The NTPF only uses the median in its calculation of waiting list times as this is the international standard for presentation. National medians waiting times for the dates requested by the Deputy are as follows:
Date | Length of time |
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March 2011 | 3 .0 months |
July 2011 | 3.0 months |
June 2012 | 2.8 months |
The NTPF has not fully assumed responsibility for measuring outpatient waiting times. Therefore I have forwarded the question to the HSE who will respond directly to the Deputy in this regard.
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each hospital, inclusive of inpatient, outpatient and elective treatment, the number of patients on waiting lists in March 2011 waiting for three to six months, for six to nine months, for nine to twelve months, for 12-24 months, and for longer the 24 months; the same figure for July 2011; the figure now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37121/12]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The overall figures for inpatient waiting lists requested by the deputy is set out in the table below; I have asked the HSE to reply to the deputy directly regarding outpatient waiting lists.
National Waiting List Analysis by hospital > 3 months as at 24th March 2011
3 - 6 mths | 6 -9 mths | 9 - 12 mths | 12 - 24 mths | 24 mths plus | Totals | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beaumont Hospital Dublin | 1,822 | 537 | 249 | 208 | 24 | 2,840 |
Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital | 284 | 90 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 422 |
Cavan General Hospital | 170 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 205 |
Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown | 347 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 376 |
Cork University Hospital | 488 | 255 | 110 | 209 | 41 | 1,103 |
Kerry General Hospital | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
Letterkenny General Hospital | 372 | 194 | 62 | 27 | 0 | 655 |
Lourdes Orthopaedic Hospital Kilcreene | 129 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 182 |
Louth County Hospital | 102 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 155 |
Mater Hospital Dublin | 1,141 | 660 | 273 | 32 | 6 | 2,112 |
Mayo General Hospital | 184 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 268 |
Mercy University Hospital Cork | 400 | 167 | 97 | 67 | 4 | 735 |
Merlin Park Hospital Galway | 320 | 159 | 92 | 51 | 0 | 622 |
Mid Western Regional Hospital Croom | 76 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 92 |
Mid Western Regional Hospital Dooradoyle | 734 | 381 | 237 | 99 | 7 | 1,458 |
Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar | 383 | 133 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 582 |
Midland Regional Hospital at Portlaoise | 95 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 135 |
Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore | 535 | 267 | 160 | 72 | 1 | 1,035 |
Naas General Hospital | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda | 252 | 108 | 91 | 24 | 8 | 483 |
Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children Crumlin | 530 | 239 | 119 | 152 | 42 | 1,082 |
Our Lady's Hospital Navan | 74 | 33 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 143 |
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital | 271 | 74 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 367 |
Sligo General Hospital | 402 | 140 | 66 | 58 | 3 | 669 |
South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital Cork | 248 | 73 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 342 |
South Tipperary General Hospital | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
St. James's Hospital | 1,154 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,157 |
St. John's Hospital Limerick | 178 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 225 |
St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny | 339 | 125 | 48 | 27 | 0 | 539 |
St. Vincent's University Hospital Elm Park | 220 | 45 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 304 |
Tallaght Hospital (AMNCH) | 722 | 148 | 66 | 30 | 4 | 970 |
The Childrens University Hospital Temple Street | 118 | 56 | 22 | 27 | 6 | 229 |
University College Hospital Galway | 1,778 | 1,167 | 961 | 415 | 12 | 4,333 |
Waterford Regional Hospital | 671 | 420 | 279 | 210 | 23 | 1,603 |
Wexford Hospital | 98 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 110 |
Total | 14,715 | 5,771 | 3,113 | 1,818 | 197 | 25,614 |
National Waiting List Analysis by hosptial > 3 months for 28/06/2012
3 - 6 mths6 - 9 mths9 - 12 mths12 - 24 mths24 mths plusTotalBantry General Hospital331000043Beaumont Hospital Dublin1,4537874284222,712Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital36860000428Cavan General Hospital185131600214Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown2521534900454Cork University Hospital6824602165301,411Ennis General Hospital195351500245Kerry General Hospital21334000247Letterkenny General Hospital685607139201,433Lourdes Orthopaedic Hospital Kilcreene9225600123Louth County Hospital149211000180Mallow General Hospital261130040Mater Hospital Dublin1,4591,2275963003,312Mayo General Hospital266154000420Mercy University Hospital Cork4012397020712Mid Western Regional Hospital Croom31310035Mid Western Regional Hospital Dooradoyle691481279101,452Mid Western Regional Hospital Nenagh350781200440Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar13034900173Midland Regional Hospital at Portlaoise581640078Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore5232246000807Naas General Hospital10020012Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda3361073240479Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children Crumlin3291263230490Our Lady's Hospital Navan6747000114Portiuncla Hospital62100063Roscommon County Hospital105321011149Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital31075700392Sligo General Hospital4452004810694South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital Cork2821143620434South Tipperary General Hospital68400072St Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown22800030St. James's Hospital1,109831107002,047St. John's Hospital Limerick2131193500367St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny205562020283St. Vincent's University Hospital Elm Park3711122800511Tallaght Hospital (AMNCH)1,01530411101,331The Childrens University Hospital Temple Street60401360119University College Hospital Galway1,6889895431333,236Waterford Regional Hospital51729318200992Wexford Hospital8230000112Total15,5388,1603,019163626,886
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health inclusive of inpatient, outpatient and elective treatment, the length of time the longest waiter on waiting lists has been waiting, the county the person resides in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37122/12]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has advised that the longest waiter was placed on the waiting list for surgery on 5th August 2009. The patient is unsuitable for treatment in another hospital and therefore could not be referred to the NTPF. The patient previously declined one offer of a surgery date and is now scheduled for surgery on the 19th September 2012. It would be inappropriate for the NTPF to advise you of the hospital or the county that the patient resides in as this would pose a risk of that patient being identified.
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