HSE accused of concealing scale of waiting list crisis

Cork East TD Liam Quaide challenges Bernard Gloster, saying the HSE has given 'what seemed like deliberately vague responses' on staffing levels

HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster promised to respond to Liam Quaide's query about the number of psychology posts.  File picture: Arthur Ellis

The HSE has been accused of giving TDs and senators "threadbare" answers to important enquiries regarding waiting lists in "an attempt to conceal the scale of the crisis".

The health service came under fire at the Oireachtas disabilities committee from Social Democrats TD for Cork East, Liam Quaide, for allegedly attempting to “conceal where services are threadbare or non-existent" by using “what seemed like deliberately vague responses” in answer to queries about staffing levels around the country for primary care services.