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 July.
Over 13,300 (13,376) people were waiting on outpatient and inpatient appointments at University Hospital Kerry, as of the end of July.
There are also another 2,087 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 July show there were more than 12,100 (12,172) people awaiting outpatients’ appointments at UHK.
More than 11,000 (11,015) of these are adults, while a further 1,157 are children.
There are 1,204 people awaiting inpatients’ appointments at UHK, including for endoscopies, as of the end of July.
