By Marie-Louise Connolly.
Her father, Stephen Reaney, said she has been on waiting lists for various procedures for differing lengths of time.Image caption,"Ambulance transport was set up and it was less than five minutes away from the house," he said. According to the trust all patients and families affected have been notified of their postponement by phone and will be offered a rescheduled date as soon as possible.
Child health waiting lists have revealed that in the past 12 months, there has been an 184% increase in children waiting more than four years.Waiting times have also grown in other services for children, including mental health, speech and language therapy, and autism assessments.Koulla Yiasouma said there was a historical lack of focus given to children's health services
"Parents' hearts are breaking as they watch their children missing out on a vital part of childhood while they struggle to manage health conditions," she added.Waiting lists for ear, nose and throat conditions are among the longest.
Maybe if the surgeons cut down on their private work it would help to bring down waiting lists
Protocol issues more important than paediatrics. Surely this is not right. All our children sick or healthy take priority over all else. Even kids health held to ransom. Imo. Disgraceful behaviour from so called adults. Just saying.
I’ve been waiting since March last year! My son is waiting for hospital to sort him out with his operation but we’ve to have a big meeting with the specialists first
Unfortunately, you have to pay to go private. We had to pay for both children when they needed ear vents & tonsils out. This meant they were bumped up the waiting list. At the time I wasn’t working either & only had 1 salary. Mental health service wait is diabolical also
Why are there so many sick children in NI? No one is asking that question, to busy with whataboutery
Tell that to the DUP they’ve caused this
'Child health waiting lists revealed that in the past 12 months, there had been an 184% increase in children waiting more than four years.' 'Mr Reaney said life on waiting lists was a 'living hell'.
And now there will be no health minister, the one MLA who could continue most proper work.
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