Government viability - It’s time to stand up or move on
However, these proposed closures have the capacity to change lives for the worse. Even so, last week’s series of reality checks underlined how very dangerous our situation has become. It is an unwelcome but sobering indication of how critical a point we have reached when the closure of emergency departments at up to 12 acute hospitals can be considered a second-level difficulty.
Though none of last week’s warnings were new, the depth of crisis revealed demands a response far beyond anything our Government seems capable of generating.
