Over 12,200 people are on waiting lists for outpatient and inpatient appointments at University Hospital Kerry.
That’s according to figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund for April.
That represents an increase of almost 4% when compared to the previous month; in March there were over 11,700 people waiting for treatment in UHK.
Over 12,245 people were waiting on outpatient and inpatient appointments at University Hospital Kerry, as of the end of April.
There are also another 2,636 people on the planned procedure list there – these are patients who have had treatment but require additional treatment at UHK at a future date.
These figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund from the end of April, show there were more than 11,442 people awaiting outpatients’ appointments at UHK.
More than 10,234 of these are adults, while a further 1,208 are children.
There are 803 people awaiting inpatients’ appointments at UHK, including for endoscopies, as of the end of April.
