Meanings of outpatient waiting in English

Figures published today show that there were small relative increases in both inpatient and outpatient waiting lists.

This compares with 601,362 people on the outpatient waiting list at the end of July

Nearly 10 per cent of the population is on an outpatient waiting list, according to new figures from the Health Service Executive.

Inpatient and outpatient waiting lists fell slightly last month as more patients had their treatment outsourced to private hospitals, new figures show.

Inpatient and outpatient waiting lists fell again last month as more patients had their treatment outsourced to private hospitals, new figures show.

More than 45,000 people were removed from outpatient waiting lists without ever seeing a medical specialist last year.

Patients with disabling arthritis are waiting up to four years for an initial outpatient appointment in Galway, where 940 people are on outpatient waiting lists.

Tallaght Hospital stopped accepting GP referrals to get its outpatient waiting lists under control, an investigation by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) found.

There were 601,362 people on the outpatient waiting list at the end of July, up a substantial 17,000 over the previous month.

Almost 400,000 people -one in 12 of us -are currently on the outpatient waiting list, while 50,000 are waiting for procedures.

The Irish Medical Organisation and Fianna Fáil have described as shocking figures that show more than 400,000 people are on outpatient waiting lists.

In addition, 2,712 patients on the public hospital outpatient waiting lists did not respond at all to offers of speedier treatment through the fund.