At its annual conference in Dublin, IHCA president Dr Rob Landers said there were 900,000 patients on hospital waiting lists and 900 unfilled consultant posts.Dr Landers said consultants were expecting a"tough winter" with a resurgence of seasonal flu and Covid-19.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly told the conference that an extra 2,000 more consultants are needed. He said that the Government will increase numbers but that a new consultant contract is essential to that.He also said that waiting lists have beleaguered the country for too many years but that waiting lists had been cut by 17%.
Maybe the consultants could work a bit harder for the big bucks they earn.
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