The INMO is calling on the government to utilise the private healthcare system like it did during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. PatKenny
"We're very disappointed that all of the"It isn't a surprise that our hospitals are overcrowded in wintertime. It's not a surprise that it's going to get worse."Ms Ní Sheaghdha is calling on the government to utilise the private healthcare system, like it did during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is so that the Minister for Health"doesn't just come along and say this is normal" and become complacent."Let's stop describing the problem. Let's now describe what we're going to do to fix it."Among the"very real problems" this crisis will cause, she said, is that the quality of care will deteriorate.
"They have been under tremendous pressure since the winter of 2019, when we saw an overcrowding crisis that we thought we'd never see again."with their work environment as they cannot provide a high level of care.
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