Northern Ireland facing hospital waiting list crisis
It appears long waiting lists are a problem north and south of the border
Northern Ireland is also facing a waiting list crisis in its hospitals.
Almost 400,000 people in the North are waiting for either a first outpatient appointment, a diagnostic test, an integrated clinical assessment or an inpatient treatment at hospitals across the country, according to the Belfast Telegraph today.
The total number of people waiting for a first outpatient appointment at the end of September 2015 was 230,625.
There are a further 12,818 waiting ...