Five hospitals with recurring trolley problems and long patient waiting times will be scrutinised as part of a new National Intervention Strategy, which will involve teams of between five and 10 people from the SDU carrying out day-long site visits,…
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West has worst cardiac response record
Just a third of people living in the west who called an ambulance because of a life-threatening cardiac emergency last year received medical attention within eight minutes, significantly short of the response target recommended by the State’s health watchdog. Response…
Patient treated in ambulance as A&E full
The incident took place at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick yesterday. “The emergency department at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital has been extremely busy following an upsurge in attendances. “Increased attendance is often seen in the days following a bank…
122 surgeries deferred at CUH
A total of 122 operations were cancelled at one of the country’s busiest hospitals last week because of the increased number of emergency admissions. The matter was raised in the Dáil yesterday by Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin who claimed…
HSE to open 40 extra beds to cope with A&E overcrowding
An additional 40 acute beds have been allocated to address overcrowding at one of the country’s busiest & emergency departments. In recent weeks, doctors at the & Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick have struggled to cope with the numbers presenting…
Surgeries at Cork University Hospital deferred over A&E logjam
The HSE last night issued a statement saying almost 400 patients sought care at the hospital’s emergency department between 8am on Saturday and 4pm yesterday, of whom 117 required emergency admission. On foot of this, the HSE said it was…
24-hour emergency department to close in major reorganisation
The 24-hour emergency department at Mallow General Hospital will close in late March as part of a major reorganisation of services at the hospital. It will be replaced by an urgent care centre comprising a 12-hour local injury unit and…
Man should see ‘what A&E staff put up with’
A judge has said she wished she could impose six months watching what staff in a hospital emergency department had to deal with on a man for his role in the assault of a hospital security guard. “Hospitals should not…
Copy of leaked draft report of Beaumont Hospital Diagnostic
The Examiner has reproduced a copy of the report here >>>
Overcrowded A&E unit left patients at risk of being ‘lost’
PATIENTS in the emergency department of one of the country’s busiest hospitals were put at significant risk because their exact whereabouts were only known and monitored by one nurse. A confidential inspection of the emergency department at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin…
Defibrillator training for all GPs urged to cut deaths
The Health Research Board (HRB) study, funded by the HSE, the Pre-Hospital Emergency Council and the Department of Health, found that the provision of a defibrillator and appropriate training for every GP in the State would allow rapid intervention, which…
Tagged with: Cardiology, Emergency, Health Research Board
Posted in General practice, Gerard Bury (GP), Research
Posted in General practice, Gerard Bury (GP), Research
Not enough consultants in A&Es if salaries cut
There won’t be enough senior doctors to run the country’s emergency departments if the Government implements its plan to cut new consultants’ salaries by 30%, according to the Irish Committee for Emergency Medicine Training. In a hard-hitting letter to the…
Letter to Times re Limerick Regional cardiac policy
Limerick is a major urban area and the Limerick Regional Hospital services an enormous hinterland in the south west. One would expect the full complement of what is now regarded as normal cardiac services to be available on a 24/7…
Urgent cases seen ‘quickly’ at A&E
PATIENTS WHO present urgently at hospitals through outpatients or emergency departments are seen “reasonably quickly” despite long waiting lists, according to the head of the Health Service Executive. Director general designate Tony O’Brien said the high numbers on outpatient waiting…
Cardiac patients will be forced to travel
North Tipperary heart attack victims and other urgent cases face travelling to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick instead of the nearer Nenagh Hospital from Sep 17. Consultant in emergency medicine Dr Damien Ryan said: “This change in practice allows…
Axe falls on small hospitals’ emergency services
A&E services at Nenagh hospital in Tipperary are the latest to be converted to a local injuries unit with patients who have serious emergencies brought to Limerick Regional. “Many patients following their initial treatment in Limerick will be transferred back…
Tagged with: Emergency, Reconfiguration
Posted in Damien Ryan (emergency), Hospitals/Clinics, Limerick, Nenagh
Posted in Damien Ryan (emergency), Hospitals/Clinics, Limerick, Nenagh
Overcrowding in A&E comparable to prison – Adams
SINN FÉIN leader Gerry Adams has compared overcrowding in the A&E department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda with overcrowding in prisons he had been in. The Taoiseach said the question of restructuring the health delivery system for…
Report calls for new models of emergency care
The report of the national emergency medicine programme, drawn up by representatives of virtually all grades of staff in the emergency medicine service and published by the HSE yesterday, forms part of a series of reviews of specialities across the…
CPR ‘may cause harm’ to dying patients
IT IS important for medical practitioners to identify patients for whom “do not attempt resuscitation” (DNAR) orders would be appropriate to prevent a “lack of dignity in otherwise inevitable deaths”, a public meeting heard yesterday. Dr Deirdre Madden, a senior…
Limerick hospital gets green light for new A&E
The chief executive of the Mid-West Hospitals’ Group, Ann Doherty, confirmed the new unit will open at the Midwestern Regional Hospital at Dooradoyle in Limerick. (Examiner) >
Martin Rochford, Jean O’Sullivan and James Gray on overcrowding
[Letter to Times >] Sir, – The Hiqa report of the investigation into the quality, safety and governance of the care provided by the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Children’s Hospital, for patients who require acute admission, which…
Tagged with: Emergency, Overcrowding
Posted in James Gray (Emergency), Jean O'Sullivan (Emergency), Martin Rochford (Emergency), Services, System
Posted in James Gray (Emergency), Jean O'Sullivan (Emergency), Martin Rochford (Emergency), Services, System
Irish Times editorial: When hospitals fail patients
In Hiqa and the department’s Special Delivery Unit, we have professionals who are committed to changing the negative culture surrounding health and systemic shortcomings. They and the Minister for Health James Reilly must be supported by Government in ensuring an…
Tallaght hospital report due
A report by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) into the safety of care provided to patients requiring emergency admission at Tallaght hospital is to be published today. The patient safety watchdog conducted a year-long investigation into the running…
Medical emergency target ‘not being met’
More than 70 per cent of potentially life-threatening emergencies are not responded to quickly enough, new figures show. The figures, released to Fianna Fáil health spokesman Billy Kelleher TD, show that last year less than 28 per cent of “potentially…
Hospital using debt agency to collect A&E fees
Patients attending Cork University Hospital’s emergency department are being issued “first and final” letters from a debt collection agency on behalf of the hospital. The hospital is taking a tough stance on collecting the new €100 charge for attending the…
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…
Emergency department: state-of-art unit opens in Kerry
A NEW €4 million emergency department, which claims to be the most modern of its kind in the Republic, with increased staffing levels, opened yesterday morning at the 327-bed Kerry General Hospital. It will treat more than 33,000 people annually,…
Tagged with: Emergency
Posted in Jason Carty (Emergency), Kerry, Martin Boyd (Emergency), Richard Liston
Posted in Jason Carty (Emergency), Kerry, Martin Boyd (Emergency), Richard Liston
Gerry McCarthy welcomes Mercy Urgent Care Centre at St Mary’s Health Campus
“It is vital we reorganise emergency services in order to provide the most appropriate care to the people of Cork, and the establishment of the Mercy Urgent Care Centre on St Mary’s Health Campus is a significant development in that…
