Written answers

Tuesday, 10 October 2017

Department of Health

National Treatment Purchase Fund Data

Photo of Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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410. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received treatment to date in 2017 under the funding provided to the National Treatment Purchase Fund separately from HSE waiting list initiatives. [42217/17]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I acknowledge that waiting times are often unacceptably long and I am conscious of the burden that this places on patients and their families.

Reducing waiting times for the longest waiting patients is one of this Government's key priorities. Consequently, Budget 2017 allocated €20 million to the NTPF, rising to €55 million in 2018. Of this 2017 allocation, €15 million has been set aside for the treatment of those patients waiting longest for inpatient and day case procedures.

The first tranche of €5 million was dedicated to a Daycase Waiting List Initiative with a view to ensuring that in excess of 2,000 patients waiting longest for a daycase procedure.

The second tranche of €5 million is being used for an Insourcing Initiative whereby approximately 3,000 patients are receiving inpatient and daycase treatment in a public hospital.

The final €5 million is being used for a second outsourcing initiative in which a further 2,000 patients are currently being scheduled for inpatient and daycase treatment in the private hospital system.

The NTPF has advised that to date 6,906 patients have been authorised for treatment in private hospitals under its outsourcing initiatives, 2,683 patients have accepted an offer of treatment in a private hospital and that 1,309 patients have received their procedure so far.

The NTPF has also indicated that 3,161 patients have been authorised for treatment in public hospitals under insourcing initiatives, 1,106 offers of treatment have been accepted and 436 patients have been treated so far.

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