Number of children waiting over 18 months for outpatient appointment breaks 10,000 – Rabbitte

The number of children waiting over 18 months for an outpatient consultation has broken the 10,000 thresholds.

Number of children waiting over 18 months for outpatient appointment breaks 10,000 – Rabbitte
Sat, 16 Jun, 2018 - 15:22

The number of children waiting over 18 months for an outpatient consultation has broken the 10,000 thresholds.

The latest figures for May reveal that the list has soared to 10,295 – up from 833 in May 2016. That twelvefold increases in two years.

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