Increased Emergency Department attendances and infection outbreaks are among the reasons for the cancellation of scheduled care.
There were 2,887 new outpatient appointments cancelled, meaning the patient was referred to hospital for the first time. And 8,963 return outpatient appointments were cancelled, meaning the patient had a recurring reason for attending, likely due to a chronic illness or multiple health complaints. Mr Cullinane said:"We need a renewed focus on enhanced community care including home care supports and recovery beds in the community. A lack of capacity in these areas leads to unnecessary longer patient discharge times.
Is Covid now like Voldemort-the infection that can't be named?
We don't have waiting lists, we have inactivity from 5pm till 9am daily and from from 5pm friday 'till 9am Monday. However overtime and allowances for all those in on friday, saturday, and sunday is still paid with zero productivity
Imagine being given the best part of two years of lockdowns to the HSE as an opportunity to get their house in order and now it’s even worse. Nobody in a senior civil service or government position is ever sacked for gross mismanagement in this country.