565. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the current policy operating within the Health Service Executive to reduce the financial, administrative and organisational impact of patients who do not attend scheduled appointments in public hospitals; the number of DNAs on an annual basis for year from 2008 to 2011; the estimated cost in financial and administrative terms of the current level of DNAs; when the existing policy was last revived; if recommendations were made for improving the policy aimed at reducing the negative impact of DNAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41871/12]

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565. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the current policy operating within the Health Service Executive to reduce the financial, administrative and organisational impact of patients who do not attend scheduled appointments in public hospitals; the number of DNAs on an annual basis for year from 2008 to 2011; the estimated cost in financial and administrative terms of the current level of DNAs; when the existing policy was last revived; if recommendations were made for improving the policy aimed at reducing the negative impact of DNAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41871/12]

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1. 2 October 2012

   Hospital Services

   565. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the current policy operating within the Health Service Executive to reduce the financial, administrative and organisational impact of patients who do not attend scheduled appointments in public hospitals; the number of DNAs on an annual basis for year from 2008 to 2011; the estimated cost in financial and administrative terms of the current level of DNAs; when the existing policy was last revived; if recommendations were made for improving the policy aimed at reducing the negative impact of DNAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41871/12]

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