The Latest figures for the number of people on hospitals waiting lists was recently published by the NTPF. Unfortunately, there are now over 755,200 people on hospital waiting lists which unfortunately shows a continuous upward trend for the year. Of those on the waiting lists, 523,225 are for outpatient appointments which is mainly made up of patients waiting to see a consultant specialist having been referred by their GP. In terms of the specialities which sees the highest waiting lists (for both outpatients and inpatients) they include ophthalmology (e.g. cataracts), orthopaedics (e.g. Hip and Knee replacements), ENT [...]

The following is extract is from the Irish Independent published today and written by health journalist Eilish O’Regan “Patients from the Republic will still be able to get reimbursed hospital care in Northern Ireland and Britain after Brexit. Hospitals in both Northern Ireland and the rest of UK will continue to be available post-Brexit to waiting list patients from here who are increasingly availing of the EU scheme which reimburses the cost of their cross-border treatment. Health Minister Simon Harris will today unveil proposed legislation which will aim to ensure hospitals in both regions can remain accessible [...]