Fianna Fáil call on Taoiseach to remove Health Minister

Fianna Fáil is calling on the Taoiseach to remove the Health Minister from his position, after a new report from the HSE shows the number of people waiting for a hospital appointment with a consultant has almost doubled to 340-thousand since last April.

Fianna Fáil is calling on the Taoiseach to remove the Health Minister from his position, after a new report from the HSE shows the number of people waiting for a hospital appointment with a consultant has almost doubled to 340,000 since last April.

More than two thirds of patients were waiting less than twelve months from the date of referral, but some 16,700 have been waiting for over 4 years for an appointment.