HSE unaware of hospital waiting times for treatment

The HSE has admitted it does not know how long patients are waiting for medical treatment either for hospital procedures or at A&E.

An independent organisation that monitors health services throughout Europe found that Ireland has the longest waiting times and ranked the country 21 out of 38 countries surveyed.

The Swedish-based Health Consumer Powerhouse (HCP) also refused to accept the HSE’s own figures, saying that they found them unreliable over the past few years and instead used figures from patients groups.