Written answers

Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Department of Health

Hospital Appointment Status

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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135. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of patients who failed to turn up for appointments, or alert hospitals of their inability to attend in public hospitals in 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; and the international comparison rates for this phenomenon in health systems, for example, the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. [5151/15]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.

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