# emergency-department - Monday 17 May, 2021
# Impact
Delays in laboratories mean it is taking hours for patient blood work to come back. Healthcare workers are asking patients who have to attend EDs to bring as much information with them as possible.
# emergency-department - Friday 23 April, 2021
# Emergency Department
# Emergency Department
The hospital group responded to calls from the INMO for a Hiqa investigation into overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick
# emergency-department - Wednesday 21 April, 2021
# Limerick
# Limerick
A total of 283 patients attended the Limerick ED in the 24 hours to 8am today.
# emergency-department - Wednesday 30 September, 2020
# Delays
# Delays
Patients who do attend the emergency department are likely to experience delays.
# emergency-department - Friday 22 May, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The average number of daily ED attendances at the end of March was approximately half what it was at the beginning of March.
# emergency-department - Tuesday 7 January, 2020
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
The Mater was the hospital with the highest number of patients on trolleys in Dublin yesterday morning, according to the INMO.
# emergency-department - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
The senior fire officer visited after concerns were raised about the number of trolleys in corridors in the ED.
# emergency-department - Tuesday 12 February, 2019
# Back To Work
# Back To Work
Finance Minister Donohoe has said that the Labour Court recommendations are “consistent with the public sector stability agreement”.
# emergency-department - Tuesday 1 January, 2019
# HSE
# HSE
The HSE is encouraging people to go to their GP where possible, instead of attending hospitals.
# emergency-department - Wednesday 18 July, 2018
# Reform Needed
# Reform Needed
The Irish Medical Organisation has said that additional resources are needed immediately.
# emergency-department - Tuesday 17 April, 2018
# Emergency Department
# Emergency Department
Tallaght Hospital said an internal review will also be initiated into the circumstances of the incident.
# emergency-department - Monday 16 April, 2018
# Galway
# Galway
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar visited University College Hospital Galway last Thursday.
# emergency-department - Monday 5 March, 2018
# Storm Emma
# Storm Emma
During the course of Storm Emma, the HSE saw a 41% reduction in attendances at Emergency Department s.
# emergency-department - Thursday 15 February, 2018
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
The hospital said seriously ill or injured children will still be treated as a priority.
# emergency-department - Tuesday 6 February, 2018
# Er
# Er
A specialist trauma unit will also be located in a third location.
# emergency-department - Monday 15 January, 2018
# Trolley Watch
# Trolley Watch
The Irish Nurses and Midwives’ Association has just launched a new trolley watch system – where it counts how many children are on trolleys in EDs.
# emergency-department - Monday 8 January, 2018
# Column
# Column
They can be done and they must be done – we have to believe that, writes hospital consultant Dr Anthony O’Connor.
# emergency-department - Friday 22 December, 2017
# Busy Period
# Busy Period
The move is an attempt to ease pressure on services over the busy Christmas period.
# emergency-department - Thursday 21 December, 2017
# Under The Weather
# Under The Weather
People in high-risk groups include pregnant women and those over the age of 65.
# emergency-department - Monday 11 December, 2017
# Safety
# Safety
Two children end up in US emergency departments every day due to accidents with window blinds.
# emergency-department - Monday 18 September, 2017
# Zero Tolerance
# Zero Tolerance
Four of the five locum/agency doctors at the hospital’s emergency department went on wildcat strike two weeks ago in a row over plans to slash their rate of pay.
# emergency-department - Monday 4 September, 2017
# Meath
# Meath
Navan emergency department was just one of many experiencing serious staff shortages as a result of the strikes this evening.
# emergency-department - Thursday 10 August, 2017
# Waiting
# Waiting
Hospitals in Limerick, Dublin and Galway had the highest number of people aged 75 and over waiting more than a day.
# emergency-department - Wednesday 3 May, 2017
# Record Highs
# Record Highs
There’s been an improvement in Dublin, but things are getting worse in other counties.
# emergency-department - Monday 2 January, 2017
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
There was a huge surge in demand over the Christmas period.
# emergency-department - Sunday 6 November, 2016
# Waiting Times
# Waiting Times
“The patient doesn’t care who pays a salary or what title you have. People on the frontline need to be integrated in the decision making process.”
# emergency-department - Thursday 22 September, 2016
# Investigation
# Investigation
Two paramedics were also injured in the blaze, one seriously.
# emergency-department - Monday 5 September, 2016
# Report
# Report
The IMO also warned that demand for hospital space will rise this year because of elective surgeries being cancelled last year.
# emergency-department - Sunday 19 June, 2016
# Injuries
# Injuries
During one year at St Vincent’s, 534 cyclists presented to the Emergency Department with injuries.
# emergency-department - Thursday 25 February, 2016
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Every morning and every evening nurses are in tears, tears of frustration, despair, hopelessness and exhaustion, writes Carol Cronin.
# emergency-department - Thursday 21 January, 2016
# Investigation
# Investigation
The HSE said it is looking into the incident.
# emergency-department - Wednesday 6 January, 2016
# Emergency
# Emergency
The north Dublin hospital has asked people to avoid attending its emergency department unless absolutely necessary.
# emergency-department - Sunday 27 December, 2015
# Downgraded
# Downgraded
Fine Gael TD Frank Feighan opens up about a turbulent four years that convinced him to retire from politics.
# emergency-department - Tuesday 22 December, 2015
# Trolleys
# Trolleys
It’s among a rang of rules to help fight hospital overcrowding.
# emergency-department - Wednesday 4 November, 2015
# emergency-department - Thursday 22 October, 2015
# Overcrowded
# Overcrowded
The INMO is calling for the department to go off call to bring the situation back under control.
# emergency-department - Monday 8 June, 2015
# Galway
# Galway
The crisis in the A&E is hitting vulnerable patients.
# emergency-department - Friday 5 June, 2015
# Apology
# Apology
A Tallaght hospital consultant has said that conditions in its emergency department amount to “a human rights abuse”.
# emergency-department - Sunday 26 April, 2015
# Idle
# Idle
TD John Halligan said the delay put lives at risk.
# emergency-department - Wednesday 25 February, 2015
# Unacceptable
# Unacceptable
It was told “from a quality and safety perspective this situation is unacceptable.”.
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