More Than 1,300 People Waiting Over 18 Months For Hospital Appointments In The Midlands

The highest figure in the region comes in the Regional Hospital Mullingar.

Over 1,300 people are waiting longer than a year-and-a-half for a hospital appointment in the midlands.

The latest figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund show the majority of those are in Regional Hospital Mullingar, with 976 on a waiting list there.

The report also shows over 4,300 children are waiting for a hospital appointment in the region, with 300 of those on a list for longer than a year.

There's been a marginal increase on the number of people around the country on total acute waiting lists, at more than 700,000 people.

The Department of Health says that's as a result of an increasing demand for care, given the country's growing and aging population.

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