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Private consultant waiting time

  • 14-09-2024 01:25PM
    #1
    pummice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 295 ✭✭


    Went to my GP and we agreed I would be referred to a private consultant. Got a letter from said consultant for appointment in 5 months time. I thought the point of a private consultant was that you would skip the queues?



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  • #2
    Former Former Former
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,384 ✭✭✭Former Former Former


    certain specialities have longer wait times. If it’s five months private, I’d hate to think what it’s like in the public system



  • #3
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,132 ✭✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    Yeah as above - I know someone recently -6 week wait for a geriatric consultant - again private - so all depends on discipline



  • #4
    SuperBowserWorld
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,698 ✭✭✭SuperBowserWorld


    If you can get to the consultant at short notice then you could ask them to swap you in for any cancelled appointments by other patients.



  • #5
    Tilikum17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭Tilikum17


    I was over a year and a half waiting for a consultant here in Galway. Private



  • #6
    techman1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭techman1


    Is waiting time for private the same as for waiting time with health insurance? Surely they cannot discriminate given that it is effectively all private anyway?



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