'Unacceptably high' waiting lists for elective treatment

There are 818,000 people on waiting lists, including 46,000 waiting for eyecare. Picture: Istock

Waiting lists are growing in community and hospital care, with Munster hospitals only doing a trickle of electives, the HSE has said. There are 818,000 people on waiting lists, including 46,000 waiting for eyecare. 

“We have had sites in Galway, in Limerick and in the South/ SouthWest Group that have struggled very much to bring back in elective work. It’s only really in the last week or so they have started trying to go back,” said HSE chief operations officer Anne O’Connor.