Written by Professor Robert Landers, President, Irish Hospital Consultants Association.
The Irish Hospital Consultants Association continues to highlight the deteriorating capacity deficits in our public hospitals to the Health Service Management and the Government. There is a pressing need for practical, sustainable solutions that will address the record waiting lists. The Government must agree solutions with the Association to fill the 900 permanent Consultant posts that are not filled and address the severe shortage of public hospital beds, theatres, diagnostic and other facilities. These priority actions are essential to ensure more timely care for patients and the almost 1 million people on waiting lists. All sectors of Irish life have gone through extreme challenges in the past three years, but none more so than our public hospitals.
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