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Editorial: No more excuses – the annual trolley crisis has to stop
Extra beds, more GPs and the new consultants’ contract will help the health service work more efficiently, but the ever-present crisis in our emergency departments shows that the way the system is run has to change too
The latest crisis in the country’s emergency departments is wearily familiar. Having hundreds of patients on trolleys at the start of January is now as much of a national ritual as the St Patrick’s Day parade and the Galway Races.
It is true that health services across Europe are struggling with the “perfect storm” of Covid-19, respiratory viruses and flu. But that is of little comfort to Irish patients waiting on trolleys who have been ...
