Taskforce set to tackle A&E overcrowding

Varadkar wants to make serious dent ‘once and for all’ in the problem besetting hospitals nationwide

Health Minister Leo Varadkar says he wants to make a serious dent “once and for all” in overcrowding at hospital emergency departments.

Convening a taskforce yesterday to find long-term solutions to overcrowding, he said the issue had reversed much of the progress achieved since the change of government.