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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Michelle Cullen

Average wait times for Emergency Department patients over 75 years of age reaches almost 14 hours

The average wait time for admission to emergency departments for patients over 75 years old was almost 14 hours last month, according to the HSE.

The HSE provided the data after a parliamentary question from Sinn Féin's health spokesperson David Cullinane.

Patient Experience Time is the length of time a patient spends in an Emergency Department from registration until discharge to a hospital bed or discharge home.

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