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Last year
2023
Assisted dying legislation 'contrary to best medical practice', Committee hears
17 Oct 2023
6.9k
'We need more decision-makers at weekends': Donnelly to press ahead with new consultant contract
8 Mar 2023
8.2k
12
All time
Consultants association warns of long waiting lists for bowel disease treatment
31 Jan 2022
14.9k
11
Hospital waiting lists top 900,000 for the first time as consultants warn of worsening crisis
20 Aug 2021
23.9k
46
Over 584,000 patients waiting for their first outpatient hospital appointment last month
10 Jul 2020
9.8k
26
Consultants call for increase in hospital bed capacity
16 May 2020
21.7k
19
Almost 560,000 patients waiting for their first outpatient hospital appointment last month
13 Mar 2020
18.3k
33
More than 556,000 waiting for first outpatient consultation as figures continue to rise
14 Feb 2020
16.2k
88
Waiting list figures on the rise as more than 550,000 patients waiting for an appointment
10 Jan 2020
9.4k
30
Consultant shortages causing 'a spiral of burnout, stress and emigration'
21 Sep 2019
20.8k
57
Consultants say removing private care from public hospitals is ignoring 'the elephant in the room'
2 Sep 2019
20.7k
25
Concern about doctors without specialist training filling consultant posts
15 May 2017
13.2k
44
Consultants' association: HSE being driven by Troika demands, not patient welfare
12 Oct 2013
5.7k
45