A LONG-STANDING mismatch between patient demand and available capacity is the fundamental cause of overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick, the Regional Executive Management Team HSE Mid-West has claimed. In a statement to The Clare Echo the REMT responded to commentary to INMO Commentary on RTÉ Radio News at One about overcrowding issues at the hospital. HSE Mid-West …
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A NATIONAL policy proposal has been issued to the Minister for Health and senior figures in the HSE to establish enhanced urgent care centre pilot sites in Ennis and Roscommon.
THE HSE is calling on Clare people to attend Ennis Hospital rather than UHL due to what it calls “sustained high demand” in its ED. In a statement to The Clare Echo, the Health Board stated that attendances at UHL’s emergency department were “significantly above expected levels in recent days”. HSE Mid-West is asking the …
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*Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (FG) flanked by Clare TDs, Timmy Dooley (FF) and Joe Cooney (FG) outside Ennis Hospital. Photograph: Páraic McMahon. A DECISION to decide on and announce the location of a new hospital for the Mid-West region before visiting County Clare to discover the needs and challenges faced by those attempting to …
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*Clare TD, Joe Cooney (FG) with Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (FG). CLARE’s chances of having a new acute hospital built remain slim following the Minister for Health’s first official visit to the county.
*Ambulances at UHL. AMBULANCES in West Clare have an average turnaround time of four hours per call for emergencies to University Hospital Limerick (UHL).
*Dr Tom Nolan. Photograph: Tom Micks. CLARE’s politicians have “let us down” when it comes to fighting for better health services in the county.
€6.25m in health projects has been allocated to Co Clare for 2026 including a major expansion of Ennis Hospital.
*Friends of Ennis Hospital Chairperson, Angela Coll. ANY POTENTIAL new hospital in Co Clare must be located in the environs of the Ennis Municipal District, a public meeting on healthcare in the region has heard.
*Mhairi Barron, Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner at the Injury Unit in Ennis Hospital MORE than 53,000 patients avoided unnecessary long waits at the busy Emergency Department during 2025 by attending the three Mid West Injury Units at St John’s, Ennis and Nenagh Hospitals. The three units processed a total of 53,489 minor injuries This was …