Readers Blog: Healthcare in critical need of reform

The health service needs critical and and comprehensive reform. This Government either commits to reform now or continues to inflict misery on patients and their families.

Delayed treatment, which is commonplace in public hospitals, is an abuse of, patients and an infringement of their right to efficient, effective and timely healthcare.

The recently published SlainteCare report give a vision of a fair, equitable and safe health service that provides universal public care to all, based on medical need, independent of one’s income or ability to pay.