Today's report by the Ombudsman is a wasted opportunity to address the fundamental structural fl
Providing treatment in other EU/EEA countries where that treatment is not available in Ireland is an obligation on the Irish State under 2011 EU Directive 24 called “The application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare”. It took until 2015 for the State to nominate the HSE as its “authorised officer” tasked with implementing the Directive. One would think that with waiting lists as they are, the demand for cross border treatment would be overwhelming, but this is no
