Written answers
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Department of Health
Hospital Waiting Lists
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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1640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on hospital inpatient, day case and outpatient waiting lists in the categories of active waiter, suspension and planned in May 2016, in tabular form; and the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18 and 18+ months. [15454/24]
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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1641. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on hospital inpatient, day case, and outpatient waiting lists, by active waiter, suspension, and planned, in March 2020, in tabular form; and the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, and 18+ months. [15455/24]
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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1642. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on hospital inpatient, day case, and outpatient waiting lists, by active waiter, suspension, and planned, in June 2020, in tabular form; and the number waiting 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, and 18+ months. [15456/24]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1640 to 1642, inclusive, together.
In relation to the particular query raised, the National Treatment Purchase Fund provided my Department with the attached table which outlines the waiting list information requested by the Deputy.
| Active Waiting Lists | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 2016 | Mar 2020 | June 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Category | 0-6 Months | 6-12 Months | 12-18 Months | 18+ Months | Total Patients | 0-6 Months | 6-12 Months | 12-18 Months | 18+ Months | Total Patients | 0-6 Months | 6-12 Months | 12-18 Months | 18+ Months | Total Patients |
| Outpatient | 245,327 | 108,055 | 49,107 | 13,095 | 415,584 | 254,466 | 130,208 | 69,833 | 108,186 | 562,693 | 212,350 | 152,337 | 88,578 | 131,134 | 584,399 |
| Inpatient | 12,261 | 6,901 | 2,996 | 1,174 | 23,332 | 13,402 | 5,144 | 2,058 | 2,296 | 22,900 | 10,017 | 8,073 | 2,978 | 3,035 | 24,103 |
| Daycase | 30,491 | 14,226 | 5,848 | 1,089 | 51,654 | 38,592 | 10,027 | 3,420 | 2,809 | 54,848 | 32,788 | 17,784 | 5,510 | 4,038 | 60,120 |
| GI Scope | 14,108 | 3,673 | 1,615 | 28 | 19,424 | 21,789 | 4,901 | 1,283 | 231 | 28,204 | 24,131 | 8,979 | 2,227 | 541 | 35,878 |
| Suspensions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | May 2016 | March 2020 | June 2020 |
| Outpatient | 1,653 | 6,121 | 5,343 |
| Inpatient | 1,544 | 2,535 | 1,856 |
| Daycase | 2,148 | 7,602 | 5,461 |
| GI Scope | 832 | 4,545 | 4,574 |
Planned Procedures | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | May 2016 | March 2020 | June 2020 |
| Outpatient | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Inpatient | 1,733 | 1,454 | 1402 |
| Daycase | 14,782 | 18,824 | 18170 |
| GI Scope | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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