A clarification received by a councillor on the Regional Health Forum West Committee has revealed that waiting lists for occupational therapy in Donegal are twice as long as previously stated.
Last month, Cllr Declan Meehan was informed that 476 people were awaiting appointments.
However, a clarification issued on Monday shows the actual figure to be 1,037.
Cllr Meehan believes that recruitment issues are the underlying cause of the delay:
Audio PlayerThe HSE say this was due to an administerial error on a spreadsheet.
They outlined the following response to Highland Radio:
Due to an administrative error, the waiting list data previously provided to the Regional Health Forum West Members was incorrect. This occurred due to the miscalculation of the OT excel spreadsheet whereby only one tab of the excel sheet was provided rather than the full total. This has since been identified and rectified and we wish to apologise for this error.
