'Unsafe' A&Es criticised as doctors warn of GP crisis

One patient, Elaine Galvin, who was forced to endure a 60-hour wait for a bed in CUH last month, said the lights, noise, and lack of sleep was 'torturous'. Picture: PA

Patients are not safe from harm in three out of seven emergency departments, a damning new Hiqa inspection report has revealed. 

The report was released on the same day as an Oireachtas committee was warned of a growing crisis in primary care, with patients in some parts of the country unable to access basic GP services.