508. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children that required repeat surgery due to retained surgical items left in their bodies, for each of the last ten years; and to detail the categories of items retained in the children’s bodies. [35811/26]
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996. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of cancellations of spinal surgery operations within Children’s Health Ireland in each hospital, for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [14506/26]
997. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the clinical reasons given for cancellation of spinal surgeries within CHI, for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [14507/26]
998. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cancellations of spinal surgeries within CHI, that were in relation to surgeons who were or are currently under review or investigation. [14508/26]
999. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of surgeons who are under review or investigation within CHI; and the number of spinal surgery cancellations that can be attributed to surgeons or medics who were or are currently under review or investigation. [14509/26]
824. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health whether vertebral body tethering (VBT) was included in HIQA’s review into the governance of implantable medical devices at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), which examined the use of non-CE marked springs at Temple Street; if VBT was not included in that review, the reason for its exclusion, given that CHI has confirmed it has carried out VBT as an “emerging and …
825. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the hospital sites at which vertebral body tethering (VBT) procedures have been carried out, including Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) locations (Temple Street, Crumlin, Cappagh) and any external providers such as a clinic (details supplied) under the national outsourcing arrangements; the means by which follow-up, outcomes and complications relating to VBT have…
826. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health whether vertebral body tethering (VBT) was reviewed, approved or considered by the CHI Ethics Committee prior to being introduced as a surgical option for children; if not, the reason ethical approval was not sought for a new and experimental procedure; whether the devices used for VBT were brought before CHI’s Medical Devices Committee for assessment, approval …
827. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health whether devices used for vertebral body tethering (VBT) at Children’s Health Ireland were added to the SAP procurement system and approved by the CHI Medical Devices Committee despite there being no HIPE procedure code for VBT; if so, that way in which use, cost and oversight of those implants have been recorded and monitored at national level; and if she will m…
82. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the scoliosis waiting list for surgery at CHI hospitals at present; and the steps she is taking to reduce waiting lists. [51548/25]
2644. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if an impact assessment has been carried out in relation to the removal of emergency general surgery from the South West Acute Hospital which has a large catchment area in Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim; if she has been in contact with the Department of Health in the North on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41224/25]
529. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of deep brain stimulation surgeries that take place each year through the HSE. [22539/25]
530. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for deep brain stimulation surgery with the HSE. [22540/25]
2095. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) will be examined; if she was aware of this issue; and if there is a scheme this family can access to help get funding for treatment. [19238/25]
1680. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of misread scans that have occurred in Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan in the past five years; if there has been an investigation into the reason these have occurred; if so, the result of that investigation; and the steps that have been taken to prevent these mistakes occurring again. [11618/25]
1681. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of misread scans that have occurred in each hospital in the State in the past five years; if there has been an investigation into the reason these have occurred; if so, the result of that investigation; and the steps that have been taken to prevent these mistakes occurring again. [11619/25]