Written answers

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Department of Health

Hospital Appointments Administration

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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268. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which patients seeking hospital appointments have been placed on waiting lists prior to obtaining a position on the actual hospital list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40303/13]

Photo of James ReillyJames Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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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, which has been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists.

In relation to the particular query raised by the Deputy, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to him on the matter.

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