Written answers
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Department of Health
Hospital Services
5:00 pm
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which community hospitals and beds in community hospitals will close; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4609/12]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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1As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring all community hospitals up to Health Information and Quality Authority standards; if he has a plan for hospitals he intends not to bring up to HIQA standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4610/12]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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1As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Carlow has access to urgent neuro-surgery which has been repeatedly postponed at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4612/12]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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1I am determined to address the issues which cause unacceptable delays in patients receiving treatment in our hospitals. In this regard I have established the Special Delivery Unit (SDU), which will work to unblock access to acute services by dramatically improving the flow of patients through the system, and by streamlining waiting lists, including referrals from GPs. The SDU is working closely with its partner agencies - mainly the HSE and the NTPF.
As a priority, public hospitals were instructed to ensure that, by the end of 2011, they had no patients waiting more than 12 months for treatment. I can confirm that the vast majority of hospitals achieved this objective. During 2012 the SDU will support hospitals in the delivery of a 9 month maximum wait time for inpatient or daycase surgery
As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. 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 facility involved.
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