Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers
Dail Éireann — 2023-09-26
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

I will get the Deputy exact details. I do not have it in terms of individual surgeries that are being recommended for particular patients. However, the reality is that we have two surgeons who do complex spina bifida care and it is done in Temple Street. One of those surgeons is currently not doing those surgeries. Will that have an effect and is it already having an effect on the time these children are waiting? Yes, unfortunately it is. That is being taken deadly seriously. As I alluded to earlier, all potential solutions are being looked at.

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Sitting date: 2023-09-26