Short-term health spending could cost more: IMO

SHORT-TERM health spending cuts could end up costing the State more in the long-term, the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has warned.

IMO president Dr John Morris said health spending had to rise rapidly during the Celtic Tiger era to even begin to undo damage done by decades of under spending and cutbacks.

The doctors’ representative group also warned that the Government’s lack of consultation with the medical profession would only disadvantage patients.