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Outpatient by Group/Hospital As at 26/09/2019 Page 1 of 3 Outpatient by Group/Hospital as at 26/09/2019 Page 1 of 3 Total 0-3 Months 3-6 Months 6-9 Months 9-12 Months 12-15 15-18 18+ Months Months Months Total 568769 164147 102340 70684 53091 39832 32257 106418 Children's Health Total 45895 10220 7516 5589 4420 3554 3366 11230 Ireland Children's Health Ireland 45895 10220 7516 5589 4420 3554 3366 11230 Dublin Midlands Total 89630 24725 15855 10697 8242 6400 5032 18679 Hospital Group Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital 2295 627 577 366 307 246 126 46 Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise 6472 1696 1311 943 749 662 541 570 Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore 16507 3612 2658 2151 1568 1030 1003 4485 Naas General Hospital 8911 2694 1503 883 672 624 450 2085 St. James's Hospital 22490 8973 4555 2897 1922 1202 583 2358 Tallaght Hospital 32955 7123 5251 3457 3024 2636 2329 9135 Ireland East Hospital Total 112230 35155 20660 13470 9765 7239 6015 19926 Group Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital 2921 1021 1229 379 209 64 17 2 Mater Misericordiae University Hospital 44943 12145 7413 5137 3590 3034 2812 10812 Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar 8585 2430 1679 1186 789 401 263 1837 Our Lady's Hospital Navan 6943 1668 1298 1110 1000 696 600 571 Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital 11944 2308 1605 1290 1192 950 791 3808 St. Columcille's Hospital 3869 1252 760 436 200 217 160 844 St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny 3831 2158 714 376 148 99 75 261 St. Michael's Hospital Dun Laoghaire 3456 1586 885 507 244 114 86 34 St. Vincent's University Hospital 23255 8824 4521 2908 2370 1664 1211 1757 Wexford General Hospital 2483 1763 556 141 23 0 0 0 RCSI Hospitals Group Total 63650 24006 15297 10014 6102 3391 1868 2972 Beaumont Hospital 25397 11049 6066 3541 1999 977 649 1116 Cavan General Hospital 7824 2261 1670 1204 836 550 456 847 Connolly Hospital 11525 4356 2666 1782 1357 698 347 319 Outpatient by Group/Hospital as at 26/09/2019 Page 2 of 3 Total 0-3 Months 3-6 Months 6-9 Months 9-12 Months 12-15 15-18 18+ Months Months Months RCSI Hospitals Group Louth County Hospital 2008 714 622 486 134 37 10 5 Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda 13461 4528 3401 2358 1361 761 368 684 Rotunda Hospital 3435 1098 872 643 415 368 38 1 Saolta University Total 94634 28513 16721 11774 8445 6634 5582 16965 Health Care Group Galway University Hospital 43381 13040 7407 5213 4034 3259 2638 7790 Letterkenny General Hospital 17796 4576 3341 2267 1606 1203 1104 3699 Mayo General Hospital 8548 2631 1037 830 698 548 541 2263 Portiuncula Hospital 3850 1549 939 546 329 159 152 176 Roscommon Hospital 4612 1745 838 472 260 189 204 904 Sligo Regional Hospital 16447 4972 3159 2446 1518 1276 943 2133 South/South West Total 114727 30481 18861 13495 11107 8354 6668 25761 Hospital Group Bantry General Hospital 1394 563 378 202 98 66 60 27 Cork University Hospital 24824 7737 4570 3471 2517 1488 975 4066 Cork University Maternity Hospital 1175 820 279 63 8 2 2 1 Kerry General Hospital 10087 2474 1923 1303 1096 853 594 1844 Mallow General Hospital 2879 887 464 393 269 250 225 391 Mercy University Hospital 5539 1778 1081 839 525 375 273 668 South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital 23002 5966 3270 2247 2347 1851 1329 5992 South Tipperary General Hospital 3859 1414 1000 461 257 152 153 422 University Hospital Waterford 41968 8842 5896 4516 3990 3317 3057 12350 University of Limerick Total 48003 11047 7430 5645 5010 4260 3726 10885 Hospital Group Croom Orthopaedic Hospital 7207 1187 882 717 795 709 611 2306 Ennis Hospital 1659 373 319 276 189 173 228 101 Nenagh Hospital 955 294 187 160 119 41 36 118 St. John's Hospital Limerick 1241 504 244 155 118 69 58 93 Outpatient by Group/Hospital as at 26/09/2019 Page 3 of 3 Total 0-3 Months 3-6 Months 6-9 Months 9-12 Months 12-15 15-18 18+ Months Months Months University of Limerick University Hospital Limerick 36941 8689 5798 4337 3789 3268 2793 8267 Hospital Group Notes: • Boards and management of individual public hospitals are responsible for the accuracy and the integrity of patient data submitted to NTPF. • Kilcreene Orthopaedic - OP waiting list included with St Lukes Hospital Kilkenny. • Gynaecology - National Maternity Hospital Holles Street; extract file currently not received due to technical issues. • Work on reporting of this data will inevitably evolve and technical and administrative issues will be addressed as they present. • 2140 of those waiting 15-18 months have an appointment date within the next 6 weeks • 4765 of those waiting over 18 months have an appointment date within the next 6 weeks • The Children's Health Act 2018 came into effect on 1st January 2019. Under this act, Children's Health Ireland was established and all assets, liabilities and records were transferred from Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, Temple Street Children's University Hospital and National Children's Hospital at Tallaght University Hospital to the new body. From 1st January 2019, all NTPF reports will reflect this change and data from the three sites of Children's Health Ireland will be reported as one entity. On the 31st of July 2019 Children's Health Ireland opened a new Paediatric Outpatient Department and Urgent Care Centre at CHI Connolly in Blanchardstown. The waiting lists for this site will be incorporated into the Children's Health Ireland figures..
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