The number of people awaiting an inpatient or outpatient appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital has increased.
According to latest figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund, 2,208 people were on a waiting list for an inpatient or day case appointment in March, up 7% on the previous month.
Meanwhile, there’s been a 3% increase in patients in need of an outpatient appointment. 14,959 people were on the waiting list at the end of March.
Nationally, over half a million people were waiting on their first hospital outpatient consultation last month with an additional 97,000 patients waiting for an appointment for inpatient or day patient treatment.
