# waiting-times - Wednesday 14 April, 2021
# Cancer
# Cancer
Inherited faulty genes play a major role in 5 to 10% of all cancers.
# waiting-times - Monday 30 December, 2019
# WRC
# WRC
In the first 10 months of the year, the WRC held over 4,000 adjudication hearings.
# waiting-times - Wednesday 7 August, 2019
# Lengthy Visits
# Lengthy Visits
Nationally more than 1,000 people over the age of 75 faced emergency department waiting times of more than 24-hours every month so far this year.
# waiting-times - Sunday 28 April, 2019
# Driving Test
# Driving Test
Currently the national average waiting time for a driving test is eight weeks.
# waiting-times - Friday 15 March, 2019
# St Patrick's Day
# St Patrick's Day
The HSE has said patients may face longer waiting times at emergency departments due to an increase in people attending.
# waiting-times - Tuesday 12 March, 2019
# Waiting Times
# Waiting Times
Minister for Health Simon Harris has published a new plan aimed at reducing waiting times for patients.
# waiting-times - Saturday 21 July, 2018
# Waiting Times
# Waiting Times
After almost 30 minutes of waiting, the baby’s father called back and said he would drive his daughter to the hospital himself.
# waiting-times - Thursday 12 July, 2018
# Action Plan
# Action Plan
The Children’s Hospital Group says the progress made for these children needs to be continued.
# waiting-times - Sunday 1 July, 2018
# Driving Test
# Driving Test
The average wait is nearly 12 weeks but some learners have waited much longer to hear about their test date.
# waiting-times - Monday 9 April, 2018
# Santry
# Santry
People had queued for up to two hours to try to secure an appointment to apply for a driving licence before the centre closed.
# waiting-times - Saturday 7 April, 2018
# Waiting Times
# Waiting Times
Peadar Gilligan made his inaugural address as president of the Irish Medical Organisation at the group’s AGM in Killarney this evening.
# waiting-times - Friday 19 January, 2018
# Trolley Crisis
# Trolley Crisis
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.
# waiting-times - Sunday 20 August, 2017
# Trolleywatch
# Trolleywatch
Over 1,000 children are expected to wait for a bed this year.
# waiting-times - Saturday 25 March, 2017
# Scoliosis
# Scoliosis
Tommy Long is one of over 200 children waiting for scoliosis surgery in Ireland.
# waiting-times - Monday 20 March, 2017
# Scoliosis
# Scoliosis
No child should have to wait longer than four months to receive necessary scoliosis surgery, according to a new report.
# waiting-times - Thursday 2 March, 2017
# Megan Halvey-ryan
# Megan Halvey-ryan
Megan Halvey-Ryan was due to have surgery at Our Ladies in Crumlin next week
# waiting-times - Tuesday 7 February, 2017
# Scoliosis
# Scoliosis
Sarah-Ann, aged 11, has scoliosis and is “waiting to get on a waiting list”.
# waiting-times - Monday 9 January, 2017
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
Simon Harris welcomed the news, but said more needs to be done.
# waiting-times - Friday 2 December, 2016
# Midland Regional
# Midland Regional
The woman, believed to be 103, finally got a bed this morning.
# waiting-times - Tuesday 29 November, 2016
# Funding Demand
# Funding Demand
CARI has said children suffering from sexual abuse may have to wait up to 18 months for therapy, unless funding is increased.
# waiting-times - Sunday 13 November, 2016
# Spinal Curve
# Spinal Curve
The Scoliosis Advocacy Network wants an independent inquiry into the situation, as some children wait for over two years for appointments.
# waiting-times - Sunday 6 November, 2016
# Waiting Times
# Waiting Times
“The patient doesn’t care who pays a salary or what title you have. People on the frontline need to be integrated in the decision making process.”
# waiting-times - Tuesday 1 November, 2016
# Social Protection
# Social Protection
As of 30 September, the average waiting time to receive a carer’s allowance was about nine months.
# waiting-times - Wednesday 20 January, 2016
# Mater
# Mater
The Mater Hospital says it’s experiencing “very high numbers”.
# waiting-times - Monday 26 October, 2015
# Appointments
# Appointments
The average waiting time for a GP has soared from just under 10 hours in 2010 to over 34 hours.
# waiting-times - Wednesday 7 January, 2015
# Overcrowding Crisis
# Overcrowding Crisis
Some patients who have ‘delayed discharge’ are being moved to free nursing home beds.
# Waiting Times
# Waiting Times
It’s a very similar story in England.
# waiting-times - Monday 22 December, 2014
# Hang In There
# Hang In There
The average waiting time for a summary decision is seven months.
# waiting-times - Thursday 30 January, 2014
# Waiting Times
# Waiting Times
The plan sets out a target of having 95 per cent of all people at Emergency Departments discharged or admitted within six hours of registration.
# waiting-times - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
# Waiting Times
# Waiting Times
With 6,000 of the terminals now in Ireland, the 11.2 minutes that people spend queuing on a daily basis looks set to drop.
# waiting-times - Monday 8 April, 2013
# Waiting Times
# Waiting Times
The latest figures from the patient treatment register have shown a drop of nearly 30 per cent in patients waiting more than nine months, when compared with March 2012.
# waiting-times - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
# Waiting Times
# Waiting Times
In total, 9,784 outpatients throughout the country have been waiting over four years to see a consultant.
# waiting-times - Thursday 7 June, 2012
# Performance
# Performance
The latest HSE performance report evaluates hospitals’ discharge and admission rates, as well as response times and lengths of stay.
# waiting-times - Friday 6 April, 2012
# Waiting Lists
# Waiting Lists
The Health Minister has said the number of people on waiting lists to see specialists is “utterly unacceptable”.
# waiting-times - Saturday 17 March, 2012
# Hospital
# Hospital
The Minister told the Dáil that he was determined to address the issues causing unacceptable delays for hospital patients.
# waiting-times - Wednesday 31 August, 2011
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
Services within the HSE West hospital structure are to be re-balanced in a bid to reduce waiting times at University Hospital Galway, with some non-critical facilities to be moved within the month.
# waiting-times - Tuesday 30 August, 2011
# Health
# Health
Labour TD to meet University Hospital Galway chief today to discuss overcrowding complaints at emergency department.
# waiting-times - Tuesday 14 September, 2010
# HSE
# HSE
Waiting times for treatment have risen sharply since last year.
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