Cork and Kerry hospital patients have a worse experience than those in Dublin, minister admits

Mallow Hospital runs a transfer from the Cork University Hospital (CUH) programme. This saw 705 patients transferred in the first 10 months of 2024, a project update stated

This week has seen pressures surge due to the flu and freezing weather following a quieter than expected Christmas, a situation that Ms Carroll MacNeill acknowledged. Picture: iStock

Patients attending hospitals in Cork, Kerry, and Galway have a worse experience than those in Dublin, the health minister has admitted, as she criticised the failure to get to grips with overcrowding in these regions.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill also suggested that patients offered transfers by large hospitals to smaller hospitals should be more willing to move for stepdown care.