Hospital Consultants Say Small Fall In Numbers Of People On Hospital Waiting Lists Is 'Drop In The Ocean'
The National Treatment Purchase Fund shows 66,594 patients waiting for inpatient treatments last month
That's down almost a thousand on October - with a similar small drop in numbers waiting for outpatient consultations.
The announcement was made on the same day Cancer Services for Children were curtailed at Crumlin Childrens' Hospital over an increase in winter bugs.
Martin Varley, the Secretary General of the Irish Hospital Consultants' Association says it's all down to resources, with wait times here four times higher than a similar population in Scotland.
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