More than 492,000 wait longer than Sláintecare maximum for hospital appointments

The maximum wait time for an inpatient/day case  procedure is 12 weeks under Sláintecare.

More than 492,000 people are on waiting lists which exceed the maximum target wait times of Sláintecare.

As part of a 2017 Oireachtas report on Sláintecare, the maximum wait time for an inpatient/day case (IPDC) procedure was 12 weeks, while outpatient appointments (OPD) were to face a wait of no more than 10 weeks.