Hospitals in crisis: key targets missed despite €500m funding boost

A confidential HSE report has revealed the health service is still beset by problems despite the €500 million increase in its budget.

The number of people waiting on trolleys for more than 24 hours in A&E departments is starting to rise again.

Strict targets for bowel cancer tests are being missed on a more frequent basis, with fines of €750 per patient now set to be imposed on hospitals.

And several hospitals have ...