Six hospitals in the Mid-West have entered a single management regime in which both doctors and HSE officials will play lead roles. The grouping of the hospitals — the Mid-West Regional, Regional Maternity, Croom Orthopaedic, Nenagh General, Ennis General at…
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Mid-West hospitals move toward NHS-style trust
Posted in Bryan Kenny, Con Cronin, Croom, Ennis, HSE, John Kennedy, Midwest, Nenagh, Pierce Grace (surgeon), Roy K Philip, System
First patient transfers to new ‘anti-superbug’ unit in Ennis hospital
A new €15 million wing at Ennis General Hospital has become the country’s first 100 per cent “Sari-compliant” medical facility, according to the hospital. Sari (Strategy for the control of Antimicrobial Resistance in Ireland), a new standard, stands for strategy…
Ennis hospital’s extension lies idle as HSE faces dispute over staffing
In June of this year, the chief executive of the Midwest Hospital Group, Ann Doherty, told the HSE West Forum that the target date for the phased opening of the hospital was the first week in July. However, two months…
Posted in Ennis
No accountability structure for clinicians in Mid-West acute hospital network
The HSE has admitted staff morale is low and that there is no accountability structure for clinicians within its acute hospital network in the Mid-West. The admissions appear in a HSE document proposing the overhaul of management structures in the…
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Posted in Croom, Ennis, Gerry Burke (Obstetrician), HSE, Midwest, Nenagh, St John's
Posted in Croom, Ennis, Gerry Burke (Obstetrician), HSE, Midwest, Nenagh, St John's
Hiqa feared for emergency care after downgrades
THE CHIEF executive of the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) has expressed her concern to the HSE over the mix of medical care provided at the downgraded emergency units at Ennis and Nenagh hospitals. In a letter to the…
Hospital to lose 24-hour service
[From Irish Times >] Patient services at Co Clare’s main hospital will be dealt a further blow next week with the removal of 24-hour laboratory services because of the retirement of a staff member. The withdrawal of the service has…
Hospitals monitored over concerns
THE STATE’S health service quality watchdog is monitoring hospitals in the midwest and northeast although it has not launched a formal investigation, its chief executive has said. Tracey Cooper said the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) received concerns about…
12% of nurses off sick from hospital
THE absenteeism rate among nurses at Ennis General Hospital is almost four times over the HSE target level, a report shows. (Examiner) >
British experts to test hospital’s cancer screening
A GROUP of medical experts from Britain will put Ennis Hospital under the microscope to ensure it meets all the best clinical standards for the introduction of a new life-saving colorectal cancer screening unit. Ennis is one of the 15…
Revealed: huge scale of hospital sick leave
The worst hit is Ennis General Hospital in Co Clare, where absenteeism levels are running at 9.43pc, leaving it struggling to cope with an average of 22 missing staff from its 238 workforce daily. (Independent) >>>
