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Wednesday 21 October 2020
Delays created by the Covid-19 pandemic have resulted in a backlog of cases.
The public health service has come under pressure in recent months as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
‘A fire alarm went off and we sent four fire tenders, and people are saying now we should only have sent three,’ the secretary general said.
The figures come at a time when the coronavirus is putting pressure on the public health system.
The figures have grown by over 33,000 since January last year.
The IMO said its key demand is an end to the “unjustifiable pay inequality” faced by consultants.
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Over 100 people were affected by the HSE’s error.
About one million patients in Ireland are on waiting lists to see a consultant.
Experienced physiotherapists were told last week vacant positions offered out had now been cancelled.
556,411 patients were waiting for their first outpatient consultation at the end of May.
Figures could rise again next month, due to the fallout from the nurses’ strike.
A new report outlines a number of issues with local authority housing waiting lists in Ireland.
Cork and Kerry are worst impacted.
The number of patients waiting more than 9 months for treatment has reduced by 38%.
The HSE figures were released to Fianna Fáil’s mental health spokesperson James Browne.
Patients can get the surgery in Belfast in a couple of months.
The waiting list guarantee policy will kick in next year.
There were 997,258 patient appointments outstanding in the first half of the year.
It’s claimed that the most vulnerable in society are being affected
More than half a million people are on outpatient waiting lists however the number of inpatients waiting has fallen slightly.
The government is pledging to reduce the number of people waiting over 9 months for a hospital operation.
One mother spoke to TheJournal.ie about the battle her child with Cystic Fibrosis has faced.
Temple Street says it currently has access to only one consultant cardiologist, with that consultant “only commissioned to one clinic per week”.
The move is an attempt to ease pressure on services over the busy Christmas period.
There are currently more than 8,500 people on the cataract waiting list in Ireland.
The HSE’s Service Plan for 2017 set a target that anyone aged 75 years and over entering an ED would be discharged or admitted within 24 hours.
Susie Long created a national debate around the health service when she told Liveline she was going to die “because of hospital waiting lists”.
Paschal Donohoe said health spending is already at record levels but is being increased because the area “needs improvement”.
Nearly 200 people have been waiting up to 22 months for a cardiac consultation at Our Lady’s Hospital Navan.
80% of those on a waiting list for a psychological appointment are between the five to 17 year age group.
Some €70 million in funding was announced over 2015-2016.
A new theatre at Crumlin Hospital which deals with surgeries is only open three days a week.
A total of 52,257 child patients were waiting at any length of time for their first appointment at the end of July.
The HSE said it’s been “working to establish a system to track waiting lists for a range of diagnostic procedures”.
Nearly 250 women who displayed symptoms of possible breast cancer have been waiting between six and 12 months.
The Future of Healthcare report which aims to reform the health service over 10 years has been criticised for the spending it proposes.
At end of last year there were almost 4,000 applications overdue for completion.
New legislation will see the waiting lists phased out after admission reforms.
Injection centres, medicinal cannabis and investment were on the agenda at the IMO’s annual conference.
The Irish Medical Organisation’s AGM is happening in Galway.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
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