Health threats advisory group hears of 'unacceptable' patient risks from fuel protests

Health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill called the meeting to discuss the 'current disruption to healthcare and risks to patient safety caused by the ongoing fuel blockades'. File Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews

A late-night crisis meeting on Friday saw the health minister, head of the HSE, chief medical officer and other senior health officials discuss “unacceptable” patient safety risks from the fuel protests.

It heard counties in the south-west, west and mid-west regions are the worst affected.