Almost a tenth of people on hospital lists awaiting dermatology care

Dermatology care includes skin cancers, eczema or rashes among a range of issues.

Dermatology care currently accounts for almost a tenth of the people on hospital waiting lists with those considered non-urgent having to wait three years in some regions.

Among the 60,700 people on the lists are 3,600 children, according to the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA).