Patients and Public

The NTPF arranges treatments for patients, provides independently assured waiting list information, develops systems and processes which contribute to health system reform, negotiates prices for nursing home care, and provides expert advice to the Minister for Health.

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Healthcare Providers

The NTPF supports hospitals in the management of patients awaiting access to care. This includes: Waiting List Data Reporting, Administrative Validation, Commissioning, Audit and Quality Assurance, and Waiting List Management.

What We Do Information on Commissioning Administrative Validation of Waiting Lists Waiting List Protocols Training Audit and Quality Assurance Waiting List Reports HealthCare Providers FAQs

Nursing Home Providers

The NTPF negotiates prices with private and voluntary nursing homes under the Nursing Home Support Scheme.

Contract Management Additional Support Schemes Nursing Homes FAQs

Waiting List Data

National Public Hospital waiting lists for Outpatients, Inpatients, DayCase and Planned Procedures. Data is available in interactive visual format or in downloadable files. Reports are published monthly.

Latest Interactive Waiting List Reports Open Data The NTPF's role in compiling Waiting Lists Waiting List Protocols and Data Definitions

The NTPF is an independent public body, undertaking diverse roles within the Irish Health Care System. These include Contract Management with Nursing Homes, Commissioning of consultations and treatments for patients, assisting hospitals in the standardisation of waiting list management by providing protocols and undertaking audits, validation of waiting lists through direct correspondence with patients, and publication of waiting list data on a monthly basis.

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News and Events

Statement of the National Treatment Purchase Fund in relation to CHI internal investigation.

The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) is deeply concerned to read reports this morning of a CHI internal investigation alleging issues around payments made to a CHI hospital by the NTPF for insourcing treatment for public patients. For clarity, the NTPF only pays hospitals directly for insourcing work. Payments are never made by the NTPF to any individual consultants.

Insourcing is an initiative which utilises spare capacity in public hospitals over and above core hospital activity in order to get public patients treated faster. This typically involves evening or weekend work and the use of additional theatre capacity. All governance for insourcing remains with the treating hospital, based on specific treatment plans where a need is identified and a solution available. All work is approved at the appropriate senior level.

The NTPF is liaising closely with the Department of Health, the HSE and the CHI on this matter.