The latest figures published by CHI last July showed that 287 children were waiting for spinal surgery as of July 26
Parents and representatives of children who remain on prolonged spinal surgery waiting lists are to meet with the Taoiseach, the Minister for Health , the head of the Health Service Executive, as well as the head of a HSE task force on children’s spinal surgeries, on Monday, over ongoing “issues” in the provision of the children’s care.
READ MORE: Mother fears autistic daughter will continue to self-harm after she's refused from 32 schools The meeting is to be attended by Taoiseach Simon Harris, the health minister Stephen Donnelly, the head of the HSE, Bernard Gloster, Dr David Moore, head of the HSE’s paediatric spinal task force, “and all their respective teams”.
The group argued that the Board of CHI had “profoundly failed” to fulfil its responsibilities under the Children’s Act, 2018, and had “failed to adopt the highest standards in its duty of accountability to the Department of Health and the Minister”. Minister Donnelly said successive governments had “failed these children repeatedly and over many years” despite allocating “substantial financial resources to support CHI in managing and driving down the waiting lists”.
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