Hospital overcrowding and waiting lists are top priority for Saolta next month

Fri, Aug 13, 2021

Tackling hospital overcrowding and growing in- and out-patient waiting lists - are top of the Saolta University Health Care Group's priorities for September.

As the country's hospitals grapple with what has been described by the Irish Nurses and Midwives' Organisation (INMO) as the worst hospital overcrowding since the Covid-19 pandemic began, Saolta Chief Tony Canavan has described the issue as "a major concern".

"If you were to look at what is putting our hospitals under the most pressure now, it's not Covid-19 but overcrowding," said the chief executive of the hospital group which runs seven public hospitals on five sites in Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, and Donegal.