Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for hospital appointments in the CHO 2 area by county and wait time in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31815/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Improving waiting times for hospital procedures and outpatient appointments is a key commitment in the Programme for Government.

My Department is working with the HSE and the NTPF to finalise an Outpatient Action Plan for 2018. This plan will support the HSE’s compliance with their National Service Plan targets, reduce the growth in the number of patients waiting for outpatient services, improve the accuracy of the waiting list, and trial a number of NTPF funded interventions, including weekend and out of hours clinics.

More broadly and in order to tackle long waiting times for patients, the NTPF and the HSE are currently reviewing proposals from hospitals for outpatient initiatives and I would encourage all Hospitals to submit proposals.  

The information requested by the Deputy can be found in the attached spreadsheet

Total Number of Children Waiting for an Outpatient Appointment by Hospital by Wait Time Band as at 05/07/2018