Simon Harris’s best ‘not enough’ without raising capacity

Simon Harris is “the latest in a long line of health ministers who are ‘doing their best’,” but it’s not enough, a leading economist has said.

Professor Ray Kinsella said it will “never be enough” until cabinets “get real about the economics of acute healthcare” or “voters get serious about displacing administrations that are not doing enough”.

“What’s happening in A&Es around the country is not a crisis... it’s what happens every year... same news stories, same earnest advice — ‘go to your GP’.