Almost 133,000 on outpatient waiting lists in south/south-west

57% of these are on waiting lists at Cork University Hospital

In CUH, 10,526 have waited over 18 months for outpatient care, and 389 over one year for inpatient treatment. Picture: Dan Linehan

The equivalent of one in seven people in Cork county is now on outpatient waiting lists for Cork University Hospital (CUH), doctors have warned.

There are now more than 148,000 people waiting across Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, and Waterford on different types of lists, say doctors.