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Over 13,000 people on waiting lists at University Hospital Kerry

Jun 30, 2026 08:18
By radiokerrynews
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Over 13,000 people on waiting lists at University Hospital Kerry

Over 13,000 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 May.

Over 13,080 people were waiting on outpatient and inpatient appointments at University Hospital Kerry, as of the end of May.

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There are also another 3,000 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 May show there were more than 11,500 people awaiting outpatients’ appointments at UHK.

More than 10,700 of these are adults, while a further 819 are children.

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There are 1,490 people awaiting inpatients’ appointments at UHK, including for endoscopies, as of the end of May.

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