Consultants warn patients at risk of dying as 900,000 on hospital waiting lists

Professor Alan Irvine, President, Irish Hospital Consultants Association.

More than 907,000 people are currently on hospital waiting lists, as consultants warn that delays in care could put thousands of patients at risk of dying.

It previously emerged that 236,380 people were on separate waiting lists for scans and diagnostics up to earlier this year. This suggests that as many as 1.1m people are currently waiting for hospital treatment.