“The hospital waiting list crisis has been ongoing for a decade now with no end in sight,” Mr Codd said. “Over 5000 Wexford people are currently stuck on hospital waiting lists. Many are waiting for over a year. There is no doubt that these incredible waiting lists have caused deaths.”
“Aontu believes that all available capacity, every bed and room whether private or public, must be utilised now to deal with the terrible backlogs that have left three quarters of a million citizens on waiting lists. Funding for the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) should be front-loaded not randomly rationed year after year so as to eliminate the present unacceptable waiting times for public patients.”
“There is a bureaucratic mess within the HSE. Every government and Health Minister faces an near impossible task to shift deadwood in management who are draining health funding. Opposition parties put motions before their county council’s calling on Ministers to deal with the issue but these are effective for nothing except publicity for the councillors. No one is actually tackling the waiting lists which continue to grow.”
“This is an crisis situation and emergency measures are required. Standing around with placards or putting forward weak council motions have accomplished nothing for the sick and elderly people stuck on hospital lists. It’s done nothing to stop people dying from curable conditions or help their bereaved relatives come to terms with their loss. It’s time to stop playing politics. The problem with our health system lays within the system and it will never be fixed until we are brave enough to acknowledge that and begin to deal with these inefficiencies.”
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