Written Answers Nos. 886-901
889. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive orthodontic treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24902/23]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
890. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked 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 Saolta University Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24903/23]
View answer891. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked 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 Saolta University Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24904/23]
View answer892. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked 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 Saolta University Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24905/23]
View answer893. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an angiogram in the Saolta University Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24906/23]
View answer894. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an electroencephalogram in the Saolta University Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24907/23]
View answer895. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the Saolta University Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24908/23]
View answer896. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked 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 Saolta University Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24909/23]
View answer897. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked 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 Saolta University Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24910/23]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 890 to 897, 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.
898. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the reason that the current governance model used in other CHO areas cannot be used in CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24917/23]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
899. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop a specialist service for Huntington's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24918/23]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
900. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health when the contract management support units will be fully in place to support the various service providers across the nine community healthcare organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24920/23]
View answerI thank the Deputy for his question on this matter. Contract Management Support Units (CMSUs) were established by the HSE in order to assist service managers with the discharge of duties related to managing and documenting all aspects of the relationships between CHOs and Section 38 and Section 39 agencies. CMSUs have been established and are operational in all nine CHOs.
The primary responsibilities of the CMSUs are to ensure that:
• Service Agreements (SAs) and Grant Aid Agreements (GAs) are completed and finalised in a timely manner
• Audited Annual Financial Statements (AFS) and Annual Financial Monitoring Returns (AFMR) are both received and reviewed
• A system is in place in each CHO to ensure review meetings are taking place in accordance with performance monitoring guidelines
• Key documents such as the Chairperson’s Statement, Management Accounts and Activity Data are received and reviewed as appropriate
• The Service Provider Governance (SPG) database is updated accurately.
As regards their operation, each CMSU has at least one staff member with a professional financial qualification in order to assist with the discharge of these duties. Managers of CMSUs work closely with the HSE Compliance Unit to ensure that any matters arising in relation to the above are resolved appropriately. Monitoring reports to accountable officers are issued by the Compliance Unit twice a month and these reports provide updates on the completion of SAs/Gas and the receipt and subsequent review of AFS and AFMRs.
901. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if he would detail in tabular form for each LHO area as of 1 May 2023 or the latest date available the number of people on the physiotherapy waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and for each category the numbers waiting aged 0-4 years, 5-17 years, 18-64 years and aged 65 plus. [24926/23]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
