Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I will also send the committee information on "do not attends". I do not have a specific figure but we see an average of 450,000 to 500,000 people missing hospital appointments each year. There has to be something behind that and we are digging for information about that. It is much higher in some areas than others. Some areas send out text reminders and some do not. The entire number of patients waiting for an outpatient appointment is some 500,000, and 500,000 people are missing appointments, so we need to look at what is happening with the "do not attend" figures.