David Cullinane: “official figures I have received show that, of this overall group, some patients are waiting more than 709 weeks for an…”

No one should be rushed or forced into making a decision about an abortion.

Patients and families are paying the price. No one chooses cancer, dialysis or a long hospital stay. The fact is that these charges punish people for being sick. Parents visiting sick children, carers and people with disabilities are being…

The current system is unfair and inconsistent. We need one national policy. The Government should fund a phased end to hospital parking charges.

When a woman is certain that this is what she wants, it allows her to make that decision for herself in her own time, about her own pregnancy without a mandatory delay.