The HSE should delegate authority to someone with overall accountability for managing hospital waiting lists around the Country.
That’s the view of the Irish Patients’ Association which says the situation is getting worse and not better.
In its latest study, Letterkenny University Hospital has emerged with the worst rating in the country where the average waiting time to see a consultant is 11.7 months, with an even longer wait if surgery is needed.
Stephen McMahon of the IPA says it’s a serious situation…………
