Brendan McCann on ‘compromised’ clinical care

Emergency department overcrowding causes increased morbidity and mortality for patients. A similar gulf probably exists between the service that Minister for Health Dr James Reilly aspires to for his patients, and what Dr Reilly can deliver with the current political and financial constraints that ultimately determine what sort of a service patients receive. It is disingenuous of Dr Reilly to suggest that lack of basic clinical care and staffing issues are disconnected. (Times) >