Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Decisions about acceptance of patients by these hospitals will be made based on clinical assessment and age requirement and following review by paediatric young adult orthopaedic surgeons in these hospitals. Our Lady's Hospital in Crumlin has commenced contacting families on their surgical waiting list whose children fit these clinical and age criteria, to ask their permission to share the child's medical case details and history with the relevant hospitals. Crumlin hospital expects to undertake significantly more spinal procedures by the end of 2017 than last year and will achieve significant reductions in waiting lists for scoliosis and waiting times for scoliosis patients. No child will wait longer than four months by the end of this year. That will be in line with the best practice of the NHS across the water. I hope that is of some consolation-----

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