Niamh Griffin: Sláintecare plan provides hope for an end to anarchic waiting lists

The plan is backed with some €3.69bn and aims to radically overhaul many of the issues in the health service

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly arrives at Reeves Day Surgery, Tallaght, to launch the Sáintecare Implementation Strategy and Action Plan 2021-2023. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

An end to a waiting list system best described as anarchic is coming closer with the launch of an implementation plan for Sláintecare.

After many years of being told Sláintecare will change the health system, we now have a practical approach claiming to improve access and boost healthy living. It is backed with €3.69bn over three years – some targets stretch past that.