The Irish Patients' Association Is Calling For A NPHET-Style Committee For Non-Covid Patients
It comes following the release of the hospital waiting list figures
They show there are more people waiting for their first hospital outpatient appointment than ever before.
A record 613,000 patients are on this list, while 75,000 are waiting for inpatient or daycase treatment.
Nearly 845,000 people are on some form of waiting list.
IPA spokesman Stephen McMahon says as winter progresses the situation could become critical:
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