Written answers
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
Department of Health
Hospital Waiting Lists Data
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age waiting on a hospital based health waiting list by the speciality procedure they are on the list for; and the length of time they have been on same by hospital at the end of November 2019 or the latest date available. [53116/19]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) currently collects and collates information in respect of the Inpatient, Day Case, Planned Procedure and Outpatient Waiting Lists.
The NTPF has advised that within the Irish Public Health System, patients are generally referred for Children’s hospital services up to the eve of their 16thbirthday.
In relation to the specific query raised by the Deputy, the NTPF has provided the information requested in the tables attached which include patients between 16 and 18 years of age, to reflect patients who were under 18 on the 31st October 2019 according to the Date of Birth received from the relevant hospital.
Total IPDC Waiters Under 18 Years of Age by Group/Hospital/Specialty by Wait Time Band as at 31/10/2019
| Sum of Total | Time Band | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row Labels | 0-3 Months | 3-6 Months | 6-9 Months | 9-12 Months | 12-15 Months | 15-18 Months | 18+ Months | Grand Total |
| Bantry General Hospital | 7 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Beaumont Hospital | 75 | 60 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 182 |
| Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital | 31 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 64 |
| Cavan General Hospital | 39 | 39 | ||||||
| CHI at Crumlin | 816 | 596 | 334 | 311 | 201 | 105 | 342 | 2705 |
| CHI at Tallaght | 180 | 155 | 79 | 35 | 24 | 7 | 103 | 583 |
| CHI at Temple St | 473 | 206 | 155 | 94 | 48 | 40 | 61 | 1077 |
| Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Cork University Hospital | 54 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 127 |
| Cork University Maternity Hospital | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Croom Orthopaedic Hospital | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Ennis Hospital | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Galway University Hospitals | 221 | 111 | 74 | 47 | 35 | 35 | 108 | 631 |
| Letterkenny University Hospital | 42 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 82 | |
| Lourdes Orthopaedic Hospital Kilcreene | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Louth County Hospital | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| Mallow General Hospital | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Mater Misericordiae University Hospital | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 28 | |
| Mayo University Hospital | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Mercy University Hospital | 45 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 82 | |
| Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar | 12 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 35 | |
| Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore | 90 | 14 | 1 | 105 | ||||
| Naas General Hospital | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Nenagh Hospital | 22 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 61 | ||
| Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda | 50 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 107 | ||
| Our Lady's Hospital Navan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Portiuncula University Hospital | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| Roscommon University Hospital | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital | 51 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 111 |
| Sligo University Hospital | 98 | 52 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 242 |
| South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital | 99 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 168 | |
| South Tipperary General Hospital | 7 | 4 | 11 | |||||
| St. Columcille's Hospital | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| St. James's Hospital | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 25 |
| St. John's Hospital Limerick | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| St. Michael's Hospital | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| St. Vincent's University Hospital | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| Tallaght University Hospital | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 27 | ||
| University Hospital Kerry | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16 | ||
| University Hospital Limerick | 103 | 53 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 248 |
| University Hospital Waterford | 91 | 42 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 205 |
| Wexford General Hospital | 9 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| Grand Total | 2728 | 1529 | 901 | 622 | 382 | 238 | 684 | 7084 |
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