Written answers
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
Department of Health
Cancer Services
Johnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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258. To ask the Minister for Health the number of monthly referrals to rapid access prostate clinics from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30438/20]
Johnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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259. To ask the Minister for Health the number of monthly referrals to rapid access lung clinics from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30439/20]
Johnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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260. To ask the Minister for Health the number of monthly referrals to symptomatic breast disease clinics from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30440/20]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 258 to 260, inclusive, together.
The HSE's National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) advise that monthly referrals are tracked using electronic GP referral data to Rapid Access Clinics. Approximately 80% of all referrals are received electronically. The data is only available from 2019.
E-Referrals to Symptomatic Breast Disease Clinics:
| Breast | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3,317 | 3,096 | 3,145 | 2,846 | 3,091 | 2,485 | 2,736 | 2,583 | 2,702 | 3,471 | 3,289 | 2,254 |
| 2020 | 3,518 | 3,069 | 1,932 | 2,206 | 3,079 | 3,350 | 3,554 | 3,147 | 3,803 | - | - | - |
E-Referrals to Rapid Access Lung Clinics:
| Lung | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 138 | 143 | 150 | 168 | 170 | 129 | 126 | 153 | 120 | 139 | 149 | 138 |
| 2020 | 207 | 184 | 107 | 85 | 106 | 137 | 104 | 109 | 141 | - | - | - |
E-Referrals to Rapid Access Prostate Clinics:
| Prostate | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 282 | 265 | 280 | 276 | 320 | 284 | 310 | 263 | 277 | 311 | 327 | 280 |
| 2020 | 306 | 280 | 251 | 155 | 215 | 220 | 282 | 271 | 336 | - | - | - |
The 2020 data are subject to a final verification process.
Johnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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261. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons receiving chemotherapy in each month from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30441/20]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The HSE's National Cancer Control Programme advises that the following table sets out the number of new patients starting Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) in the years 2015 to July 2020.
The 2020 data is subject to a final verification process.
Systemic Therapy New Patients Starting Treatment
| Years | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 773 | 629 | 588 | 548 | 619 | 598 | 646 | 4,401 | |||||
| 2019 | 711 | 685 | 653 | 697 | 800 | 635 | 800 | 657 | 660 | 653 | 725 | 568 | 8,244 |
| 2018 | 620 | 599 | 534 | 578 | 642 | 565 | 631 | 639 | 630 | 676 | 678 | 449 | 7,241 |
| 2017 | 549 | 527 | 596 | 489 | 514 | 587 | 543 | 565 | 503 | 536 | 636 | 457 | 6,502 |
| 2016 | 513 | 586 | 451 | 514 | 510 | 476 | 492 | 504 | 495 | 517 | 514 | 384 | 5,956 |
| 2015 | 494 | 459 | 527 | 499 | 487 | 477 | 540 | 471 | 557 | 529 | 576 | 388 | 6,004 |
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