Consultant blasts 'dangerous, reckless and unsustainable' health system

Issues in the healthcare system as "dangerous, reckless and unsustainable", said Prof Alan Irvine, of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association. Picture:Gareth Chaney/Collins

The scale of the Covid-19 pandemic would not have been so severe if long-standing health service problems hadn’t been long-fingered - current issues confronting the healthcare system are “dangerous, reckless and unsustainable”.

Those were some of the strident criticisms launched by Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) president Prof Alan Irvine as he addressed its annual conference this morning.