Consultant recruitment crisis leads to over 47,000 children waiting to see a specialist in Children’s Health Ireland Hospital Group

#CARECANTWAIT campaigner, Consultant Paediatrician Prof. Alf Nicholson speaks about the impact of long waiting times for children: “It is very unacceptable to have a waiting time of more than six months for a young child or infant to see a specialist”.

There are currently 47,255 children across Ireland waiting to see a paediatrician for an outpatient appointment in the three hospitals that make up Children’s Health Ireland, restricting their access to the timely medical care they deserve, says the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA). Of this figure;