Written answers
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Department of Health
Hospital Waiting Lists
Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting lists that obtain in public hospitals in respect of the various medical disciplines; if he will compare these figures with the pertinent figures for 1 September 2011 and 1 September 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38248/12]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the deputy is set out in the table.
13/9/2012
Specialty | Sep-10 | Sep-11 | Jun-12 |
---|---|---|---|
Anaesthetics | 290 | 267 | 213 |
Cardiology | 2061 | 2376 | 2546 |
Cardiac Thoracic Surgery | 347 | 416 | 390 |
Clinical Genetics | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dental Surgery | 286 | 170 | 95 |
Dermatology | 368 | 525 | 518 |
Diabetes Mellitus | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Endocrinology | 71 | 50 | 44 |
Gastro-enterology | 3955 | 5705 | 4638 |
General Medicine | 1425 | 2421 | 2910 |
General Surgery | 9419 | 14439 | 13663 |
Geriatric Medicine | 9 | 15 | 9 |
Gynaecology | 1838 | 2478 | 2569 |
Haematology | 20 | 15 | 43 |
Immunology | 8 | 26 | 15 |
Infectious Diseases | 15 | 24 | 10 |
Maxillo-Facial | 855 | 902 | 947 |
Neonatology | 2 | 2 | 11 |
Nephrology | 122 | 59 | 35 |
Neurology | 387 | 278 | 225 |
Neurosurgery | 346 | 447 | 494 |
Oncology | 38 | 10 | 61 |
Ophthalmology | 4932 | 6194 | 6164 |
Oral Surgery | 495 | 665 | 478 |
Orthopaedics | 5523 | 6798 | 6200 |
Otolaryngology (ENT) | 3699 | 4712 | 4743 |
Paed Metabolic Medicine | 24 | 4 | 10 |
Paediatrics | 26 | 47 | 16 |
Pain Relief | 1391 | 2063 | 2069 |
Palliative Medicine | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Plastic Surgery | 2528 | 3367 | 2961 |
Radiology | 15 | 15 | 29 |
Renal Transplantation | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Respiratory Medicine | 664 | 626 | 576 |
Rheumatology | 16 | 59 | 28 |
Urology | 2972 | 3809 | 3950 |
Vascular Surgery | 624 | 1045 | 1040 |
Totals | 44773 | 60030 | 57708 |
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