Hospitals granted 190 extra beds in bid to tackle winter pressure
An initial tranche of 83 beds have been approved for opening.
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An initial tranche of 83 beds have been approved for opening.
Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin hit out against the Taoiseach today stating that waiting lists for children are “quite shocking”.
These figures were released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
Nationally more than 1,000 people over the age of 75 faced emergency department waiting times of more than 24-hours every month so far this year.
The HSE has said patients may face longer waiting times at emergency departments due to an increase in people attending.
Mary Lou McDonald has accused Leo Varadkar of ‘normalising child homelessness’.
The figures were released to Fianna Fáil’s Stephen Donnelly who called them “appalling and unacceptable”.
The executive published its €30m Winter Plan for 2018/19 today.
The Irish Medical Organisation has said that additional resources are needed immediately.
Over three in every four cases diagnosed in emergency departments are at an advanced stage.
University Hospital Limerick saw the highest figures today, with 80 patients awaiting a bed.
John Paul O’Connor says he was shocked by what he witnessed at University Hospital Kerry last week.
The HSE’s Service Plan for 2017 set a target that anyone aged 75 years and over entering an ED would be discharged or admitted within 24 hours.
Many emergency departments are experiencing very high numbers of patients presenting at hospital.
It’s a hospital overcrowding problem that has been decanted into the Emergency Department, writes Dr Anthony O’Connor.
His last days were prefaced by an extended period of unnecessary suffering in the Emergency Department of his local hospital.
The HSE’s Service Plan for 2017 set a target that anyone aged 75 years and over entering an ED would be discharged or admitted within 24 hours.
A prototype of the app will be available by this November.
People over the age of 65 are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of medicine.
What do doctors and nurses want done to tackle hospital overcrowding and record numbers on trolleys? More beds, for starters.
Over 600 people are still on trolleys in Ireland’s hospitals today, the second highest figure ever recorded.
The three children’s hospitals in Dublin have asked families to go to GPs where possible.
Three hospitals in Dublin have issued the appeal.
“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.”
Simon Harris is considering the move, but said it wouldn’t be straightforward.
A new psychoactive substance has also been shown to be on the rise.
INMO’s 97th Annual Delegate Conference kicks off tomorrow morning.
This group of patients often have psychosocial, substance misuse and/or chronic illness issues.
There’s a new plan to ensure people who self-harm get the help they need.
Hospitals are also reporting a surge in people presenting with flu-like symptoms.
Meanwhile, doctors are being balloted on industrial action at University Hospital Limerick.
The INMO strike will see rolling two hour stoppages at emergency departments on 14 January.
The INMO believes there is “a tolerance of emergency department overcrowding”.
Unless they have to attend CUH, patients are being asked to seek treatment elsewhere.
The car crashed in to the entrance yesterday evening.
The Health Minister said no one wants to sort out the overcrowding crisis more than he does.
The Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has slammed the Health Minister in the wake of the hospital overcrowding crisis.
The Health Minister said the problem is going to get worse next week.
It’s a very similar story in England.
A record number of people are now waiting for beds, with the INMO saying industrial action is likely due to ‘chronic overcrowding’.