the senate included a provision similar to cusack's bill in its omnibus health care overhaul legislation passed last november, according to sen. .
the longest one patient waited for treatment following a gp referral in 2017 was 541 days - against a target of 62 days. .
"it has been a long two years and throughout that time the western trust has not been assisting us in trying to understand the circumstances around our mother's death. .