Up to 25% of Emergency Department visit charges left unpaid – Burke

Fine Gael Senator for Cork North Central and the Party’s Seanad spokesperson on Health, has criticised figures from the HSE which confirm that as much as 25% of Emergency Department visits charges have been left unpaid and uncollected.

“In a time of increased financial pressure on our health system and hospitals, it is outrageous that more than €2.25 million in Emergency Department charges have been left outstanding. This money could be efficiently used in other financially pressed healthcare areas such as homecare or hospice care.