Patients 'waiting too long to be seen' across health service, concedes Paul Reid

HSE CEO Paul Reid will discuss waiting lists when he appears before the Oireachtas Health Committee. File Picture: Leah Farrell / Photocall Ireland

Patients are "waiting too long to be seen" across the health service, an Oireachtas committee will be told on Wednesday.

The Oireachtas Health Committee will hear from both HSE CEO Paul Reid and Department of Health Secretary-General Robert Watt, with both men set to affirm their support for the Sláintecare reforms of the health service.