Mayor of Limerick ‘cannot dictate health policy in Mid-West’ – Friends of Ennis Hospital
DIRECTLY ELECTED Mayor of Limerick, John Moran has been criticised by Friends of Ennis Hospital.
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Aoife Johnston’s death ‘needs to be watershed moment’ for UHL
*University Hospital Limerick. AOIFE JOHNSTON’s death must be “a watershed moment” for University Hospital Limerick and health services in the Mid-West region.
Publication of HIQA review on potential of second ED in Mid-West needs to be fast-tracked
*Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly (FF). Photograph: Brian Arthur HIQA’s review into the potential for a second emergency department in the Mid-West region must be published before next summer, county councillors have stressed.
‘The time is now’ – submission lodged with HIQA to upgrade Ennis to model three hospital
*Ennis Hospital. A DETAILED submission has been made to HIQA outlining the case for an additional emergency department for the Mid-West region and the upgrade of Ennis Hospital to model three status.
Buying Barrington’s not an either or with Ennis upgrading
*Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy outside Barrington’s Hospital. “DUE DILIGENCE” must be followed in acting on a motion by Clare councillors urging the Minister for Health and the Government to acquire Barrington’s Hospital.
239 patients have died on trolleys at UHL since 2019
*UL Hospitals Group Chief Executive, Colette Cowan. 239 patients have died waiting on trolleys and on chairs at the emergency department of University Hospital Limerick (UHL) since 2019.
Friends of Ennis Hospital make ‘compelling case’ to HSE Exec for restoring services in Clare
*Ennis Hospital. ACTIVIST group, Friends of Ennis Hospital have said the newly appointed HSE Regional Executive Officer has acknowledged the ‘compelling case’ for the restoration of services in Co Clare.
UHL CEO Cowan returns from leave period
*Colette Cowan. CEO of UL Hospitals Group, Colette Cowan has made a surprise return from leave to resume her duties.
Friends of Ennis Hospital refute advice of HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer not to reopen emergency department
FRIENDS OF ENNIS Hospital have refuted the clinical advice of the HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer not to reopen 24 hour emergency departments in Ennis, Nenagh and St John’s.
Cowan goes on ‘temporary leave’ on week when UHL twice breaks overcrowding records
*Colette Cowan. ON A WEEK of further record breaking overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick, the Chief Executive of UL Hospitals Group has gone on temporary leave.