Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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849. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24860/23]

Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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850. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a CT scan in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24861/23]

Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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851. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a bone scan in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24862/23]

Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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852. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an angiogram in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24863/23]

Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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853. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an electroencephalogram in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24864/23]

Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24865/23]

Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an ultrasound scan in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24866/23]

Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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856. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an electrocardiogram (ECG) in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24867/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 849 to 856, inclusive, together.

The HSE advises that a pilot project commenced in 2016 by the HSE Acute Hospitals Division to progress the collection of national radiology waiting list data. The project has been supported by the Radiology Clinical Care Programme and has involved key stakeholders across the system including the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS) Team, Hospital Groups, and the support of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) for data collection and data management expertise.

The information that is currently being collected is presently being tested and validated at hospital, hospital group and national level and as such should not be used/reported without the context of the caveats set out below:

- Data is subject to inclusions and exclusions which are documented in the Data Profile Document. This document is available from Acute Operations and has been circulated to all Hospital Groups.

- Data contains urgent, routine and surveillance/planned activity which is currently not broken down in detail, as such this includes surveillance/planned activity which may not be exceeding planned date.

- Data is still undergoing validation at Hospital and Hospital Group level. Data does not take into account local nuances at site level (Site profile developed to support understanding of same).

- The purpose of this aggregate data is to provide a National Level overview of the number of patients waiting for modalities of CT, MRI and Ultrasound.

- This report is not intended to be used for the active management of hospital diagnostics waiting list, local reports and mechanisms should continue to be used for the management of diagnostics waiting lists at hospital level.

In relation to the diagnostic waiting list information requested by the Deputy, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has provided the attached document which sets out waiting list data for Quarter 1 2023 for CT, MRI and Ultrasound. The HSE advises that, at present, further diagnostic scans (including electrocardiogram, cholangiopancreatography, electroencephalogram, angiogram, and bone scan), are not yet captured as part of this project.

In Q1 2023, there were a total of 250,021 patients reported on the waiting list from all sites, this represents all outpatients waiting, urgent, semi urgent, routine and planned/surveillance (where diagnostic access is planned at particular time intervals).

The Deputy may wish to note that the information currently captured as part of the project is available in the single report attached. To ensure Deputies have access to these quarterly diagnostic reports as soon as they are available, my Department is willing to put an arrangement in place whereby the reports would be provided to Deputies under separate cover once they have been received from the NTPF.

Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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857. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24869/23]

Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a CT scan in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24870/23]

Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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859. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a bone scan in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24871/23]

Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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860. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an angiogram in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24872/23]

Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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861. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an electroencephalogram in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24873/23]

Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for cholangiopancreatography, ERCP, in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24874/23]

Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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863. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an ultrasound scan in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24875/23]

Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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864. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an electrocardiogram, ECG, in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24876/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 857 to 864, inclusive, together.

The HSE advises that a pilot project commenced in 2016 by the HSE Acute Hospitals Division to progress the collection of national radiology waiting list data. The project has been supported by the Radiology Clinical Care Programme and has involved key stakeholders across the system including the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS) Team, Hospital Groups, and the support of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) for data collection and data management expertise.

The information that is currently being collected is presently being tested and validated at hospital, hospital group and national level and as such should not be used/reported without the context of the caveats set out below:

• Data is subject to inclusions and exclusions which are documented in the Data Profile Document. This document is available from Acute Operations and has been circulated to all Hospital Groups.
• Data contains urgent, routine and surveillance/planned activity which is currently not broken down in detail, as such this includes surveillance/planned activity which may not be exceeding planned date.
• Data is still undergoing validation at Hospital and Hospital Group level. Data does not take into account local nuances at site level (Site profile developed to support understanding of same).
• The purpose of this aggregate data is to provide a National Level overview of the number of patients waiting for modalities of CT, MRI and Ultrasound.
• This report is not intended to be used for the active management of hospital diagnostics waiting list, local reports and mechanisms should continue to be used for the management of diagnostics waiting lists at hospital level.

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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865. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24877/23]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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866. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a CT scan in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24878/23]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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867. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a bone scan in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24879/23]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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868. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an angiogram in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24880/23]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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869. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an electroencephalogram in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24881/23]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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870. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for cholangiopancreatography, ERCP, in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24882/23]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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871. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an ultrasound scan in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24883/23]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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872. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an electrocardiogram, ECG, in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24884/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 865 to 872, inclusive, together.

The HSE advises that a pilot project commenced in 2016 by the HSE Acute Hospitals Division to progress the collection of national radiology waiting list data. The project has been supported by the Radiology Clinical Care Programme and has involved key stakeholders across the system including the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS) Team, Hospital Groups, and the support of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) for data collection and data management expertise.

The information that is currently being collected is presently being tested and validated at hospital, hospital group and national level and as such should not be used/reported without the context of the caveats set out below:

• Data is subject to inclusions and exclusions which are documented in the Data Profile Document. This document is available from Acute Operations and has been circulated to all Hospital Groups.
• Data contains urgent, routine and surveillance/planned activity which is currently not broken down in detail, as such this includes surveillance/planned activity which may not be exceeding planned date.
• Data is still undergoing validation at Hospital and Hospital Group level. Data does not take into account local nuances at site level (Site profile developed to support understanding of same).
• The purpose of this aggregate data is to provide a National Level overview of the number of patients waiting for modalities of CT, MRI and Ultrasound.
• This report is not intended to be used for the active management of hospital diagnostics waiting list, local reports and mechanisms should continue to be used for the management of diagnostics waiting lists at hospital level.

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24885/23]

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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874. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a CT scan in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24886/23]

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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875. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a bone scan in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24887/23]

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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876. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an angiogram in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24888/23]

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an electroencephalogram in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24889/23]

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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878. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for cholangiopancreatography, ERCP, in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24890/23]

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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879. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an ultrasound scan in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24891/23]

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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880. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an electrocardiogram, ECG, in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24892/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 873, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 879 and 880 together.

The HSE advises that a pilot project commenced in 2016 by the HSE Acute Hospitals Division to progress the collection of national radiology waiting list data. The project has been supported by the Radiology Clinical Care Programme and has involved key stakeholders across the system including the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS) Team, Hospital Groups, and the support of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) for data collection and data management expertise.

The information that is currently being collected is presently being tested and validated at hospital, hospital group and national level and as such should not be used/reported without the context of the caveats set out below:

- Data is subject to inclusions and exclusions which are documented in the Data Profile Document. This document is available from Acute Operations and has been circulated to all Hospital Groups.

-Data contains urgent, routine and surveillance/planned activity which is currently not broken down in detail, as such this includes surveillance/planned activity which may not be exceeding planned date.

-Data is still undergoing validation at Hospital and Hospital Group level. Data does not take into account local nuances at site level (Site profile developed to support understanding of same).

-The purpose of this aggregate data is to provide a National Level overview of the number of patients waiting for modalities of CT, MRI and Ultrasound.

-This report is not intended to be used for the active management of hospital diagnostics waiting list, local reports and mechanisms should continue to be used for the management of diagnostics waiting lists at hospital level.

In relation to the diagnostic waiting list information requested by the Deputy, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has provided the attached document which sets out waiting list data for Quarter 1 2023 for CT, MRI and Ultrasound. The HSE advises that, at present, further diagnostic scans (including electrocardiogram, cholangiopancreatography, electroencephalogram, angiogram, and bone scan), are not yet captured as part of this project.

In Q1 2023, there were a total of 250,021 patients reported on the waiting list from all sites, this represents all outpatients waiting, urgent, semi urgent, routine and planned/surveillance (where diagnostic access is planned at particular time intervals).

The Deputy may wish to note that the information currently captured as part of the project is available in the single report attached. To ensure Deputies have access to these quarterly diagnostic reports as soon as they are available, my Department is willing to put an arrangement in place whereby the reports would be provided to Deputies under separate cover once they have been received from the NTPF.

Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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881. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the South-South West Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24894/23]

Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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882. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a CT scan in the South-South West Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24895/23]

Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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883. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a bone scan in the South-South West Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24896/23]

Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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884. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an angiogram in the South-South West Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24897/23]

Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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885. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an electroencephalogram in the South-South West Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24898/23]

Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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886. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for cholangiopancreatography, ERCP, in the South-South West Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24899/23]

Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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887. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an ultrasound scan in the South-South West Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24900/23]

Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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888. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an electrocardiogram, ECG, in the South-South West Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24901/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887 and 888 together.

The HSE advises that a pilot project commenced in 2016 by the HSE Acute Hospitals Division to progress the collection of national radiology waiting list data. The project has been supported by the Radiology Clinical Care Programme and has involved key stakeholders across the system including the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS) Team, Hospital Groups, and the support of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) for data collection and data management expertise.

The information that is currently being collected is presently being tested and validated at hospital, hospital group and national level and as such should not be used/reported without the context of the caveats set out below:

-Data is subject to inclusions and exclusions which are documented in the Data Profile Document. This document is available from Acute Operations and has been circulated to all Hospital Groups.

-Data contains urgent, routine and surveillance/planned activity which is currently not broken down in detail, as such this includes surveillance/planned activity which may not be exceeding planned date.

-Data is still undergoing validation at Hospital and Hospital Group level. Data does not take into account local nuances at site level (Site profile developed to support understanding of same).

-The purpose of this aggregate data is to provide a National Level overview of the number of patients waiting for modalities of CT, MRI and Ultrasound.

-This report is not intended to be used for the active management of hospital diagnostics waiting list, local reports and mechanisms should continue to be used for the management of diagnostics waiting lists at hospital level.

In relation to the diagnostic waiting list information requested by the Deputy, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has provided the attached document which sets out waiting list data for Quarter 1 2023 for CT, MRI and Ultrasound. The HSE advises that, at present, further diagnostic scans (including electrocardiogram, cholangiopancreatography, electroencephalogram, angiogram, and bone scan), are not yet captured as part of this project.

In Q1 2023, there were a total of 250,021 patients reported on the waiting list from all sites, this represents all outpatients waiting, urgent, semi urgent, routine and planned/surveillance (where diagnostic access is planned at particular time intervals).

The Deputy may wish to note that the information currently captured as part of the project is available in the single report attached. To ensure Deputies have access to these quarterly diagnostic reports as soon as they are available, my Department is willing to put an arrangement in place whereby the reports would be provided to Deputies under separate cover once they have been received from the NTPF.