Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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869. To ask the Minister for Health the number of families who have been sent letters in respect of the Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) commissioned review into hip surgeries; if she has requested CHI to provide this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25877/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, a clinical audit has been conducted by an external international expert on surgery for children with developmental dysplasia of the hip across CHI and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh (NOHC).

CHI and NOHC have issued letters in recent weeks to families and patients who had hip dysplasia procedures since 2010 to provide reassurance and information about the audit and to ensure all potential cases were included.

Last week, CHI and Cappagh confirmed the number of letters that were sent to families. The total number of letters sent to date is 2,259; the majority, 1,757, from CHI and 502 from Cappagh.