Sligo University Hospital Consultant warns that patients welfare is being placed at risk due to lack of investment
A National Council member of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association and has warned that the growing shortage of essential acute hospital beds and Consultants across the North-West region is leading to longer waiting lists for treatment which is putting people’s welfare at risk. Dr Aine Burke, Consultant Haematologist at Sligo…
IHCA warns that Patient health in the North-West at risk due to excessive delays to care
The Irish Hospital Consultants Association has warned that the growing shortage of essential acute hospital beds and Consultants across the West and North-West region is resulting in waiting lists for treatment that is impacting on patient outcomes. At the end of March there were 131,600 people waiting for an…
IHCA warn that consultant vacancies are impacting patient care
The Irish Hospital Consultants Association is warning that consultant vacancies at North West hospitals resulting in worsening waiting lists and additional agency costs. The IHCA say that this in turn is restricting patients from accessing timely, high-quality medical and surgical care. According to figures released by the IHCA…
Lack of beds, shortage of staff and long outpatient waiting lists hitting hospital care in north west
Patients in the north-west are facing ‘excessive delays in care’ because hospitals in the region are missing out on new beds and are struggling with a shortage of consultants. That’s according to the Irish Hospital Consultants Association, which claim that hospitals in the Saolta University Health Care Group have some…
Over 11,500 people waiting 18 months or more for outpatient appointment
Over 11,500 people are waiting 18 months or more for an outpatient appointment in the north west’s two main hospitals. According to figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund, a total of 37,225 people are on the outpatient waiting list in Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals. As of the end…