Dublin South West Sinn F\u00e9in TD, Se\u00e1n Crowe, criticised the Fine Gael and Labour Government for their disastrous health policies and detailed how Sinn F\u00e9in in Government would fix Ireland\u2019s health services.<\/p>\n
Crowe was speaking in the D\u00e1il during a debate on Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s Private Member Business motion on the Accident and Emergency crisis in Ireland\u2019s hospitals.<\/p>\n
Deputy Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI declared an interest at the start of this debate as I was on a trolley a few months ago and my brother-in-law has been on one in the last week, so it\u2019s personal.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver 4000 patients were on Accident and Emergency hospital trolleys or chairs\u00a0during the month of December.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is happening in the Health Service is a direct manifestation of a continuity of cuts.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to the INMO Trolley and Ward Watch Analysis the amount of patients on trolleys has increased 40% between 2012 and 2015.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Fine Gael\/Labour Government has had five years in power, while patients and their families have had to do their time suffering hardship on trolleys, queuing on longer waiting lists then to be told that elective surgery is cancelled because of a lack of beds.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to the Sunday Times the HSE appointed 55 more general managers last year, following the lifting of a ban on recruitment and promotion in the public sector. The HSE now has 268 general managers, earning up to \u20ac80,000 a year, up from 213 at the start of 2015 \u2014 an increase of 26%.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs this the long awaited reform we have been promised?<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Government is approaching the health care crisis by continuing to bloat middle management levels pushing frontline staff to breaking point and where they are sadly leaving the service.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe A&E crisis is made worse by the lack of home care support, physio support, and the lengthening elective surgery waiting lists.<\/p>\n
\u201cYet the minutes of the HSE Directorate Meeting on the 26th<\/sup> of November state that they are aiming to make \u20ac20m in cuts to social care home support and transitional care costs in 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s time to end the chaos brought about by Fine Gael\/Labour. Universal Health Care, not Universal Health Insurance, is the solution.<\/p>\n
\u201cSinn F\u00e9in\u2019s Better For Health policy paper shows how we would begin to address this problem in Government.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe costed policy document outlines how we would increase the number of hospital beds per 1,000 population, ensure adequate registered nurse\/doctor-to-patient ratios and sufficient beds, roll out sustained investment in community services, which allow for appropriate care without hospital admission and\/or discharge to appropriate care settings, increase nursing home bed numbers, increase home help hours and homecare packages, and also establish an Emergency Department Taskforce on a permanent basis.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever the Government has firmly closed their eyes and ears to problem and his hell bent on privatising our health services, but Sinn F\u00e9in will fight them tooth and nail.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes it\u2019s personal for me, but it\u2019s also personal for everyone dependent on our health system. What\u2019s happening to patients in A&Es is wrong and it needs to stop.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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