Accuracy of NTPF waiting list figures called into question

The accuracy of waiting list figures published by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has been called into question by a consultant who said the official figures were a “tenfold under-estimation” of the actual situation vis-a-vis his own specialty.

Consultant endocrinologist Conall Dennedy said NTPF figures for the end of August showed 144 people waiting for an outpatient appointment for endocrinology services at University Hospital Galway (UHG).