Simon Harris under fire after failing to double number of IBD nurses as promised

The Health Minister is under fire for failing to honour a commitment to double the number of specialist Inflammatory Bowel Disease nurses.

Health Minister Simon Harris is under fire for failing to honour a commitment to double the number of specialist Inflammatory Bowel Disease nurses.

He told the Irish Society for Colitis and Crohn's Disease at a meeting six months ago, he could see no reason why the number of nurses could not go up from 14 to 28.