IRELAND’S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM remains beset on all sides by issues such as years-long waiting lists, burnt out, underpaid staff, and exorbitant costs for massive projects such as the National Children’s Hospital.

Against that backdrop, it comes as a no surprise that our poll found that just shy of two-thirds of Irish voters believe that Ireland’s healthcare system is getting worse.

This episode of The Good Information Podcast looks at some of the ways Ireland can pull healthcare out of its tailspin, including by focusing more so on the suggestions of patients and patient advocates. 

You can catch up with previous episodes of The Good Information Podcast here, and check out all of our reporting on healthcare here.

This work is co-funded by Journal Media and a grant programme from the European Parliament. Any opinions or conclusions expressed in this work are the author’s own. The European Parliament has no involvement in nor responsibility for the editorial content published by the project. For more information, see here. 

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