National Emergency Plan 'not worth the paper it's written on'

The Government's National Emergency Plan "is not worth the paper it's written on", pressure group Patients Together said today.

National Emergency Plan 'not worth the paper it's written on'

The Government's National Emergency Plan "is not worth the paper it's written on", pressure group Patients Together said today.

The group said the case of Peg McEntee, the 77-year-old woman left on a trolley in an accident and emergency department for days, highlights that Ireland's health service is creaking under daily pressure which is going unnoticed in the corridors of power.

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