Read the latest news and trends in healthcare in Ireland and abroad.
The Government has admitted that meeting its 2022 waiting list targets is “challenging”. That’s one word for it. They have tried to partially blame Covid-19. The admission came during a Budget 2023 briefing by the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly. To try and get some handle on hospital waiting lists, the Government will spend €440…
The leading opposition party in Ireland has published an alternative Budget 2023 plan, to cut waiting lists and improve healthcare. It would see an extra €1.1 billion go into the health system next year. Sinn Fein is currently leading the polls at 36% in a trend it has held for a long period of time,…
The Government has admitted that meeting its 2022 waiting list targets is “challenging”. That’s one word for it. They have tried to partially blame Covid-19. The admission came during a Budget 2023 briefing by the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly. To try and get some handle on hospital waiting lists, the Government will spend €440…
Irish people remain very wary of giving up their private health insurance, latest figures show. They are fearful of having to rely on the public system given the very long hospital waiting lists. Despite the impact of Covid-19 and employment levels, there has been a rise in people taking out private health insurance. In Ireland,…
Hospital waiting lists in Ireland continue to deteriorate. Latest figures just published show that there were 857,290 people waiting in August for some kind of acute hospital care. By far the biggest list within the overall figures are those waiting to be seen, for the first time, by a consultant at an outpatient clinic. That…
A new study in Ireland provides more details on the true waiting times patients face to see a consultant and then to get their surgery. The figures are very up to date as they cover July 2022. It shows that the hospitals with the longest waiting times are Letterkenny, Cork, Sligo and Limerick. Thousands of…
Hospital waiting lists have taken a turn for the worst again. Last month, the number of patients waiting for some form of healthcare in Irish hospitals was over 855,300. That’s up almost 5,000 on the June figures. These are the latest published figures for August from the National Treatment Purchase Fund. All of this, at…
When you dig down into the waiting lists in detail there are 12,000 adults waiting for general surgery as a day case or inpatient. The orthopaedics waiting list is 10,500 people with 1,500 of these waiting over one and a half years for treatment. Over 26,500 people are waiting for a gastrointestinal check. The breakdown…
We at Healthcare Abroad are delighted to announce our latest partnership with Hospital HCB Dénia in Costa Blanca, Alicante, a new €60 million state-of-the-art hospital, has now officially opened, & will provide a plethora of treatments to Irish patients. – Almost every treatment that is currently available on the Irish public system will be provided…
But the effects on the hospital system remain and it will take a few months before the numbers in hospitals go down. There are currently over 700 people with confirmed Covid in hospitals. That is affecting the ability of the service to bring down waiting lists. There was a stark warning from the Health Minister…
