Harney moves to reduce waiting lists
The National Treatment Purchase Fund is to implement 14 pilot projects in an effort to tackle out-patient waiting times
The projects to be managed in co-operation with 14 public hospitals will be based in the North-East two, South-East six, East three, West two) and South-West one, and will cover speciality areas where there are long waiting times such as ear, nose and throat, orthopaedics and urology.