A&E problems - Spin won’t solve health service woes

THE bizarre notion of installing “accommodation lounges” at A&E wards bears the hallmark of public relations spin designed to convince a sceptical public that things are getting better in Ireland’s ailing health service.

A&E problems - Spin won’t solve health service woes

The stark reality is that hospital wards remain overcrowded. More people than ever are being consigned to trollies in A&E corridors.

Regrettably, the challenge of managing this debacle has so far defeated the vast resources of the Health Service Executive (HSE). What is the point in talking up hospital facilities when the chief executive of the HSE, Professor Brendan Drumm, admits A&E problems are now worse than ever?

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