Written answers
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Department of Health
Hospital Appointment Delays
John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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787. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, who is in severe pain, dealt with as a matter of urgency by the Health Service Executive. [29869/14]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. 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 case raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
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