Written answers
Tuesday, 4 July 2017
Department of Health
Hospital Waiting Lists
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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334. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30839/17]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2014,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, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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335. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a spinal bed in the National Rehabilitation Hospital; if waiting times have been affected adversely by the closure of beds in the hospital in April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30840/17]
Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
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