John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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6. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the data relating to breast cancer patients at University Hospital Waterford for February 2015 was not available; if the breast cancer unit at UHW was fully staffed in the months January to April 2015; the percentage of people with symptomatic breast cancer that were seen within the two week target at UHW in January and February 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20785/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The HSE Performance Report for February 2015 did not contain data for symptomatic breast cancer services for University Hospital Waterford due to data collection issues. However, the relevant data has since been collated and data from Waterford will be included in future reports. University Hospital Waterford has seen 100% of patients triaged as urgent with the two week target timeframe each month from January to April this year. This exceeds the national performance target of seeing 95% of urgent referrals within two weeks.

I want to thank the staff and management in Waterford for this achievement.

University Hospital Waterford had three Consultant Breast Surgeons in the Symptomatic Breast Disease unit in the period in question, the full allocation of posts.