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'Extreme concern' at record waiting lists for medical treatment for children

A record 100,089 children are now on some form of the National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting list, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has revealed. Of those on the waiting list, more than 1 in 3 (34,300) are waiting longer than a ...

15 Apr 2022 at 11:38

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Watch: 'Rapid increase' of bowel disease warning from hospital consultants

A warning on the risk of a "rapid increase" in Inflammatory Bowel Disease due to growing waiting lists for treatment has been given by the Irish Hospital Consultants Association. A Consultant Gastroenterologist and Acute Medical Physician at ...

31 Jan 2022 at 13:44

National News

Hospital waiting lists growing to 'unacceptable levels' - Irish Hospital Consultants Association

Waiting lists for children to see a hospital consultant have grown to 100,000 with many facing a wait of up to 14 years, according to the Irish Hospital Consultants Association. The association says Ireland is 'an outlier' in Europe in ...

18 Oct 2021 at 13:56

National News

Over 100,000 people removed from hospital waiting lists in 2023 did not receive treatment

New data analysed by the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) shows that around 105,000 people were removed from hospital waiting lists in 2023 without receiving treatment through a National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) ...

12 Jan 2024 at 19:19

National News

IMO labels new hospital consultant contract a 'missed opportunity'

The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has criticised the new consultant contract being introduced by Government and labeled it a 'missed opportunity'. Professor Matthew Sadlier, Chairman of the Consultant Committee of the IMO said ...

16 Apr 2023 at 09:00

National News

Waiting list targets won't be met without rapid delivery of extra beds, warn hospital consultants

Waiting list reduction targets for 2023 will never be met unless hospital bed occupancy rates are significantly reduced by rapidly delivering extra capacity in our public hospitals, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association ...

15 Apr 2023 at 09:00

National News

Consultant shortages will see waiting list targets being missed, warn consultants association

The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has warned that Government’s inaction to urgently address the root causes of hospital consultant shortages and capacity deficits will mean the targets set out in its Waiting ...

18 Jul 2022 at 10:56

National News

Decade of hospital and ED overcrowding driving up waiting lists, warn consultants

There are almost 900,000 people on some form of waiting list for some form of hospital treatments or appointments in Ireland, latest figures show. Patients have been subjected to a decade of overcrowding in emergency ...

10 Jun 2023 at 11:55

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IHCA describe HSE decision as 'abandonment of the people of the Mid-West'

The Irish Hospital Consultant Association (IHCA) has described the HSE’s cancellation of all scheduled care – elective surgeries, endoscopies and outpatient appointments – for an indefinite period across the ...

08 Aug 2024 at 18:30

Cancelling scheduled care at hospitals ‘abandons people of Mid-West’

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Cancelling scheduled care at five hospitals ‘abandonment of people of Mid-West’

A decision to cancel scheduled care across five hospitals and injury units for an indefinite period has been criticised as “an abandonment of the people of the Mid-West”. A consultants group said the HSE’s ...

08 Aug 2024 at 20:47

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