Swedish survey won’t use HSE stats

An influential Europe-wide survey of healthcare services has refused to use data from the HSE on waiting lists, saying it is unreliable.

Instead they have used figures provided by patients groups and from interviews they carried out with healthcare officials in the public and private sector.

As a result Ireland’s healthcare ranked 21 out of 35 in a detailed annual survey carried out by the Swedish Health Consumer Powerhouse now in its ninth year.