Filling over 500 vacant consultant posts is key solution to delays in providing timely care to 845,000 patients on waiting lists

The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has continued to call on Government to finally accept that the solution to ending record patient waiting times is the filling of over 500 vacant permanent consultant posts and the opening of more beds.The IHCA was commenting after the latest figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) showed another record number of patients waiting for health care.