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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Protocols and Data Definitions

National Waiting List Protocols and Data Definitions

To ensure that all public hospitals manage Waiting Lists in a fair, equitable and transparent manner, we produce Protocols describing the processes that must be followed by each hospital. These Protocols can be found in the Waiting List Protocols section.

The NTPF checks the data we receive from hospitals is provided in a clear and consistent format. We do this with a data definition document known as a Minimum Dataset (MDS) document.

There are currently MDS documents in place for “Inpatient, Day Cases and Planned Procedures” and for “Outpatients”. An MDS to support the new Radiology Diagnostics Protocol is in development.

National Outpatient (OP) Waiting List MDS

This MDS supports the National Outpatient Waiting List Management Protocol (2022) protocol.

View OP MDS

National Inpatient and DayCase (IPDC) Waiting List MDS

This MDS supports the National InPatient, DayCase and Planned Procedure Waiting List Management Protocol (2024) protocol (including endoscopy).

View IPDC MDS