Written answers

Thursday, 14 February 2013

Department of Health

Hospital Waiting Lists

Photo of Billy TimminsBilly Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7799/13]

Photo of James ReillyJames Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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In relation to waiting list management in general, the National Waiting List Management Policy , A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, recently been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists, including minimising hospital initiated cancellations.

In relation to the particular patient cancellation query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.

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