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The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has rejected the Taoiseach’s claims that the solution to the trolley crisis is for hospital staff to cancel their annual leave over the Christmas period.

9 October 2018 - The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has outlined its grave concern that the 2019 Health Budget is unlikely to address the serious capacity deficits that are delaying the provision of public hospital care to patients, unless urgent capacity needs in our acute hospitals are addressed. The Association outlined in great detail in its pre-budget submission to the Minister for Health and other government Ministers that underfunding of public hospitals has led to record numbers of patients on trolleys and on waiting lists.

Sunday, 15th April 2018: The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has called on Minister Harris to urgently address the appointment of non-specialist doctors to specialist consultant posts as it is compromising patient safety and care.

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10th October, 2017: Commenting on Budget 2018, President of the IHCA, Dr Tom Ryan, said:  “While the announced increases to the health budget are a step in the right direction, the reality is that there are huge shortages of beds and staff in our acute hospital and mental health services. What is in the budget is not sufficient to address these shortages, which are the root cause of patients being treated on trolleys and escalating waiting lists.’’

 

National Cancer Strategy cannot succeed without increasing the capacity of public hospitals and the resolution of Consultant recruitment crisis according to the IHCA

The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) on Thursday 16 March met with the Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD to highlight the critical capacity and other constraints that afflict the health service. Dr Tom Ryan, President of the IHCA, highlighted the stark realities of clinical practice in the acute hospitals and the difficulties which consultants face in their attempts to provide care to an ever increasing number of critically ill patients without the necessary resources.

Statement from IHCA re capital expenditure in HSE