Waiting list numbers for Galway University Hospitals have increased by 1,495 since 2025.<\/p>\n
Figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund, reveal that 13,266 adults and 641 children were awaiting treatment as of the 30th of May this year.<\/p>\n
When it comes to hospital waiting lists, how long people are waiting for treatment is considered a much better metric than how many are waiting.<\/p>\n
And in this regard, Galway University Hospitals have some of the poorest metrics in the country.<\/p>\n
HSE targets are 10 weeks for an outpatient appointment and 12 weeks for an inpatient or day case procedure.<\/p>\n
Figures for May show just under 6,800 are waiting less than six months; 2,827 are waiting up to a year; 1,418 are waiting up to 18 months; and a further 2,223 are waiting longer than that.<\/p>\n
These are some of the longest wait times in the country – for example, patients waiting more than 18 months at GUH account for 24 percent of the national total.<\/p>\n
While there is a sizeable increase in the past 12 months, total waiting list numbers have increased by just 24 between April and May of this year.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe, there are 468 adults and 14 children awaiting treatment which is more closely aligned with HSE targets.<\/p>\n
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