Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 November 2014
Public Accounts Committee
Special Report No. 83 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Managing Elective Day Surgery
11:00 am
Dr. Tony O'Connell:
There will be a range of numbers of cases in each of those 24. For example, if there is a strong orthopaedic and general surgery service, there might be a preponderance of minor orthopaedic work, or of ganglions, which could be done as day cases. If there is no ear, nose and throat service, nasal fracture reduction surgeries will not necessarily be taking place. Each individual hospital will have a different profile of the numbers and percentage of cases that contribute to the total 24 which are in this nominal basket of indicative procedures.
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