Written answers
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Department of Health
Hospital Appointments Delays
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons due to receive IV treatment within 15 days in University Hospital Waterford that had their treatment delayed by more than 15 days by values (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21409/18]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The National Cancer Control Programme target is that 90% of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy treatment patients will receive their treatment within 15 working days.
Data for University Hospital Waterford is set out below.
Total | Within 15 days | 15 +1 | 15 +2 | 15+3 | 15+4 | 15+5 | 15 +>5 | Unknown | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 357 | 310 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 |
2017 | 348 | 235 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 21 |
2018 | 82 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
Total | 787 | 602 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 62 | 41 |
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