Prevention is the cheapest way to deliver healthcare by ensuring fewer people get sick, reducing the strain on public services. The Minister for Health has used statistics to highlight the lack of productivity in Irish public hospitals, with consultants potentially missing out on 1.5 million outpatient appointments due to inadequate infrastructure. The drop in productivity can be attributed to hospitals not responding to the growing number of doctors without adequate funding and resources. The focus should be on investing in prevention and fast access to diagnostics and treatments to decrease costs and increase productivity in the long term.
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