Written answers

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Department of Health

Hospital Waiting Lists

Photo of Brendan GriffinBrendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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613. To ask the Minister for Health if an eye operation will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16349/14]

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 Health Service Executive, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists.

Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant and hospital involved. In relation to the specific hospital appointment query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

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