Routine hospital services ‘under threat’ over strain new waiting list figures putting on system

Irish hospitals may soon be unable to guarantee “routine” services as a basic right to patients due to the severe strain record-breaking new waiting list figures are putting on the system.

Routine hospital services ‘under threat’ over strain new waiting list figures putting on system

Health Minister Simon Harris was warned of the dire situation after it emerged that a historic 686,999 patients were forced to wait for vital care at the end of last month — up 150,000 in just a year and 9,500 since June alone.

New figures revealed by the independent National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) show that at the end of July a massive one in every seven people in the country were on some form of waiting list.

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