Irish patients ‘wait longer for treatment’ than rest of Europe
Ease of access to healthcare in Ireland is the worst of 35 countries surveyed. Even vastly poorer nations such as Macedonia and Serbia provide much faster treatment, according to the 2017 Euro Health Consumer Index.
Ireland has fallen to 24th place overall — down from 21st in 2016 — and is second worst, after Romania, on a value for money measure.
