Written answers
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Department of Health
Hospital Waiting Lists Data
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting an outpatient appointment in Naas General Hospital as of 3 March 2020; the length of time waiting for an appointment by each department in the hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4038/20]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The information requested is contained in the following table.
| *Due to the small volume of patients waiting in certain specialties, to preserve patient confidentiality, when the number of patients is <5, these have been included within broader timebands or aggregated into a 'Small Volume Specialties' cohort. |
| Row Labels | 0-3Months | 3-6Months | 6-9Months | 9-12Months | 12-15Months | 15-18Months | 18-21Months | 21-24Months | 24-36Months | 36-48Months | 48+Months | Grand Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaesthetics | 33 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 150 | ||
| Cardiology | 274 | 187 | 181 | 154 | 124 | 118 | 114 | 74 | 63 | 1289 | ||
| Dermatology | 377 | 226 | 171 | 110 | 48 | 44 | 59 | 39 | 206 | 12 | 1292 | |
| General Medicine | 614 | 443 | 277 | 176 | 43 | 49 | 30 | 9 | 1641 | |||
| General Surgery | 566 | 82 | 7 | 655 | ||||||||
| Haematology | 37 | 42 | 25 | 27 | 131 | |||||||
| Neurology | 48 | 33 | 49 | 15 | 7 | 63 | 215 | |||||
| Orthopaedics | 519 | 346 | 337 | 266 | 136 | 137 | 124 | 94 | 325 | 32 | 2316 | |
| Rheumatology | 65 | 48 | 38 | 44 | 21 | 39 | 25 | 30 | 87 | 46 | 443 | |
| Urology | 69 | 13 | 82 | |||||||||
| Small Volume Specialties | 5 | |||||||||||
| Grand Total | 2607 | 1436 | 1098 | 799 | 382 | 392 | 357 | 250 | 715 | 174 | 9 | 8219 |
I am conscious that waiting times are often unacceptably long and of the burden that this places on patients and their families. In this regard, the Government is committed to improving waiting times for hospital appointments and procedures.
The HSE, Department of Health and the National Treatment Purchase Fund are currently working together to estimate the impact of Covid-19 on Scheduled Care waiting lists, in order to be prepared to address any backlog or pent up demand. My Department continues to ensure that the resources available throughout our health system are best utilised to deal with this unique and challenging situation.
The HSE continues to adhere to the best clinical guidance and NPHET’s recommendations, which have now approved the careful re-commencement of scheduled care activity based on strict criteria to ensure the continued provision of safe, patient-centred care to non-Covid patients. Importantly, time-critical essential work continues throughout the system in line with the National Action Plan, the HSE Model of Care, and World Health Organisation recommendations.
The data requested by the Deputy is outlined in the attached document. This information is also available on the NTPF website at:
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