Fears over nation’s low health ranking

The Irish Patients Association says Ireland’s lowly ranking in a Europe-wide healthcare study is of concern and indicates patients have been let down by successive governments.

On European healthcare, the Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI) 2016 states: “It gets better with every year, saving lives, curing disease, and strengthening quality of life among the public. And in the era of Trumpism, largely, it is affordable to almost all Europeans.”

However, Ireland’s performance within the index, ranked 21st overall, prompts some withering criticism from the report’s authors.