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10/03/2010
HSE To Resolve X-ray Delays
The Health Service Executive is to meet management at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin today to tackle the issue of major x-ray delays.
Minister for Health Mary Harney revealed this morning on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, that she first heard there were problems in December, but it was only yesterday when she first appreciated the scale of the problem.
In a statement early today, the HSE said its National Director of Quality and Clinical Care Dr Barry White, Consultant Radiologist at St Vincent's Hospital Dr Risteárd Ó Laoide, and other senior HSE personnel will attend the hospital to ensure processes were under way to review outstanding X-rays are operating to maximum capacity.
A spokesman for the HSE said to date the hospital has completed the reading of 34,752 x-rays. However, a balance of 23,169 x-rays relating to approximately 14,000 patients has yet to be read by a Consultant Radiologist.
Tallaght Hospital had a projected date of completion of this process of May 2010.
"The HSE will be meeting with Tallaght Hospital tomorrow to consider the options in relation to bringing this process to a conclusion as quickly as possible. The HSE, in conjunction with the hospital, will be making every possible effort to expedite this process to minimise any anxiety that this may cause to patients who were x-rayed at the hospital prior to September 2009," the spokesman said.
Tallaght Hospital has set up a freephone helpline for patients and their families who may be concerned, 1800 283 059, open from 9am to 5pm from tomorrow, Wednesday, March 10 2010.
(DW)
Minister for Health Mary Harney revealed this morning on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, that she first heard there were problems in December, but it was only yesterday when she first appreciated the scale of the problem.
In a statement early today, the HSE said its National Director of Quality and Clinical Care Dr Barry White, Consultant Radiologist at St Vincent's Hospital Dr Risteárd Ó Laoide, and other senior HSE personnel will attend the hospital to ensure processes were under way to review outstanding X-rays are operating to maximum capacity.
A spokesman for the HSE said to date the hospital has completed the reading of 34,752 x-rays. However, a balance of 23,169 x-rays relating to approximately 14,000 patients has yet to be read by a Consultant Radiologist.
Tallaght Hospital had a projected date of completion of this process of May 2010.
"The HSE will be meeting with Tallaght Hospital tomorrow to consider the options in relation to bringing this process to a conclusion as quickly as possible. The HSE, in conjunction with the hospital, will be making every possible effort to expedite this process to minimise any anxiety that this may cause to patients who were x-rayed at the hospital prior to September 2009," the spokesman said.
Tallaght Hospital has set up a freephone helpline for patients and their families who may be concerned, 1800 283 059, open from 9am to 5pm from tomorrow, Wednesday, March 10 2010.
(DW)
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