Written answers
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Department of Health
Hospital Appointment Status
Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Independent)
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1535. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to be called for a surgical procedure taking into account that they are on an emergency waiting list [38361/13]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The management of inpatient and daycase waiting lists for patients awaiting public health care is based on the principle that after urgent and cancer patients are treated, then clinically assessed routine patients should be seen in chronological order (i.e. longest waiter first).
Should the patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he/she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant and hospital involved.
In relation to the specific query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
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