Call for sustained focus on NI's hospital waiting lists

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There must be a sustained focus on Northern Ireland's "dreadful" hospital waiting lists, a leading academic has said.
Northern Ireland has the worst waiting lists in the UK.
"I think we need to be honest with the public, to say we've lost control of this," she said.
Prof Heenan said she would like an assurance that there would be a dedicated full-time team putting an "unrelenting focus" on waiting lists.
image captionProf Deirdre Heenan said she believed there was no accountability when targets were missed
Prof Heenan, a senior associate for the independent health think-tank Nuffield Trust in London, added that there appeared to be no accountability when health and care trusts missed their targets.

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