The Health Minister says the HSE needs to be pushed out of its comfort zone in order to tackle hospital waiting lists.
A 350 million euro plan to reduce hospital waiting lists will be published later this week.
Currently, almost 18 thousand people have been waiting for an inpatient procedure for more than 12 months, while 155 thousand have been on the outpatient waiting list for more than 18 months.
Minister Stephen Donnelly says the situation is unacceptable…………
