Written answers
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Department of Health
Hospital Waiting Lists Data
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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130. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis on waiting lists for spinal surgery by hospital; the number of these operations that have been carried out in 2018 by hospitals in which these occurred; and the remaining spare capacity for these operations in these hospitals. [41683/18]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The long-term strategy to develop sustainable scoliosis services from 2018 has been prioritised by the Department and the HSE. The Children's Hospital Group, with the additional €9 million provided to the HSE in 2018, has continued to progress the move toward the implementation of a long-term sustainable and safe paediatric orthopaedic service, including scoliosis services for children and young people.
Figures for the end of September for the number of scoliosis procedures carried out to date this year, as well as the number of patients waiting for treatment, are provided for the Deputy in the table. In terms of capacity, Children's Hospital Group (CHG) aims to deliver 446 procedures this year, compared to 371 in 2017, and 224 in 2016. This represents an increase in activity of 99.5% since 2016.
| Hospital | Total Surgeries (including single and multiple stages) to end of September 2018 | Annual Target of surgeries | YTD Target of surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLCHC Spinal Fusion | 96 | 120 | 87 |
| OLCHC Spinal Other | 87 | 143 | 102 |
| TSCUH Spinal Fusion | 20 | 36 | 26 |
| TSCUH Spinal Other | 61 | 96 | 69 |
| Cappagh Spinal Fusion | 41 | 39 | 28 |
| Cappagh Spinal Other | 17 | 12 | 9 |
| Current Total | 322 | 446 | 321 |
| Hospital | Total Spinal WL as of 28/09/2018 (excluding suspensions) | Number of suspensions on the Spinal WL 28/09/2018 | Total Spinal WL as of 28/09/2018 (including suspensions) | Number of entries that have a date to come in (TCI) | 2018 Additions YTD as of 28/09/2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLCHC Spinal Fusion | 54 | 15 | 69 | 1 | 61 |
| OLCHC Spinal Other | 42 | 9 | 51 | 4 | 111 |
| TSCUH Spinal Fusion | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 23 |
| TSCUH Spinal Other | 26 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 67 |
| Cappagh Spinal Fusion | 11 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| Cappagh Spinal Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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