Efforts being made to reduce A&E waiting times as 82-year-old has 24-hour wait for bed

Efforts are being made to reduce emergency department waiting times.

The CEO of the HSE has admitted that nobody wants their elderly parents to spend hours on hard chairs or trolleys awaiting hospital admission, while stressing that the pandemic has placed extraordinary demands on the health service.

Paul Reid said that efforts are being made to reduce emergency department waiting times
in a period of major pressure on the health service.