Written Answers Nos. 316-331
316. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation against the HSE and Department of Health in each year from 2010 to date, including awards made in the courts, settlements made out of court to resolve disputes, and legal costs, in tabular form [30318/24]
View answerThe State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of State Authorities including the Health Service Executive. The SCA has provided me with the information contained within this document and has informed me that the information was extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as per the below criteria.
The following table contains the transactional amounts paid (including VAT where applicable) under the clinical indemnity scheme, that are associated with claims and a small number of incidents and inquests. This includes claims recorded by the SCA across hospitals, nursing homes, HSE locations including community healthcare locations, and COVID-19 response locations. It excludes claims recorded against other designated schemes. It includes payments between 01/01/2010 and 30/06/2024 and is correct as of 01/07/2024.
|
Transaction Reporting Year |
Amount paid |
|
2010 |
€74,000,864 |
|
2011 |
€87,856,071 |
|
2012 |
€78,305,472 |
|
2013 |
€116,281,707 |
|
2014 |
€101,718,721 |
|
2015 |
€190,265,065 |
|
2016 |
€189,094,645 |
|
2017 |
€242,024,417 |
|
2018 |
€262,308,969 |
|
2019 |
€313,455,916 |
|
2020 |
€319,774,952 |
|
2021 |
€353,798,356 |
|
2022 |
€359,608,434 |
|
2023 |
€352,360,476 |
|
2024 (to June Month-end) |
€140,548,862 |
|
Grand Total |
€3,181,402,927 |
317. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department, State-wide and by location, for each quarter in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and the number and percentage of patients who were admitted via an emergency department. [30319/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly.
318. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients, State-wide and by location, for each quarter in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and the average time for all patients and for patients aged 75 years or older. [30320/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly.
319. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who attended an emergency department who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours, State-wide and by location, for each quarter in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and the number and percentage for all patients and patients aged over 75 years. [30321/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly.
320. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen, by hospital, for each quarter in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [30322/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly.
321. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital cancellations, by appointment type, hospital group and hospital, for each month of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [30323/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
322. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care, at each location, for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges; the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost; and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [30324/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
323. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates, State-wide and for each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each month of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30325/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
324. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each month of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [30326/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly.
327. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health average ambulance turnaround time at each emergency department for each quarter in 2023 and 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [30329/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
328. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service and for each health area, to date in 2024; the breakdown by length of wait and by age, in tabular form. [30330/24]
View answerAs this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
329. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists at the latest available data point for 2024; the number waiting on approval and for funding, in tabular form. [30331/24]
View answerAs this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
330. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on intensive home care package waiting lists at the latest available data point for 2024; the number waiting on approval and for funding, in tabular form. [30332/24]
View answerAs this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
331. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours at the end of each quarter of 2023 and 2024 to date, in tabular form. [30333/24]
View answerAs this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
