Building surgical hub in Ennis can attack hospital waiting lists
ESTABLISHING A SURGICAL HUB in Ennis can play a part in reducing waiting times and the trolley crisis in the Mid-West, a Clare TD has argued.
Stephen Donnelly
Getting accountability from Govt on Mid-West health crisis ‘like playing handball against a haystack’
GETTING accountability off the Government “for the healthcare crisis in the Mid-West is like playing handball against a haystack,” a Clare TD has claimed while it has been confirmed that the Taoiseach is to visit University Hospital Limerick (UHL) this Friday.
HSE figures show ‘chronic underinvestment’ as McNamara questions Donnelly’s recruitment claims
FIGURES RELEASED by the HSE highlight a “chronic underinvestment” in the Mid-West region, a Clare TD has said.
Ennis transfers to continue but no extra resources
THE TRANSFER of patients to Ennis hospital for emergency care will continue for the “long term”.
Carey seeks expanded role for Ennis in solving hospital crisis
A NEW strategy allowing ambulances responding to 112/999 calls to bring non-urgent cases to Ennis General Hospital has been welcomed as a positive development by Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey. Since 2009, University Hospital Limerick, which is designated as a model 4 hospital, has provided the only 24-hour emergency department service for a population …
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HPV vaccine catch-up programme named in honour of Laura Brennan
*Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly with Colin, Bernie, Larry and Fergal Brennan. Photograph: Don Moloney A NATIONAL VACCINE CATCH UP PROGRAMME has been named in honour of a late Ennis health advocate.
No patient over 75 to wait longer than 24 hours for a hospital bed – a target of €169m HSE Winter Plan
A CLARE SENATOR has said the €169m HSE Winter Plan needs to be more ambitious for delivering for the people of the Mid-West region.
‘Tighter oversight needed for private companies offering IVF treatment’
PUBLICLY FUNDED access to IVF treatment is to be rolled out from next September while representatives in Clare have shared their concern with the lack of regulation for private clinics in the area.
If teams in the Clare SHC were politicians….
*Action begins this weekend in the Clare SHC with four games down for decision on Saturday. It may be argued that the GAA is more political than political organisations themselves, off-the-field antics can certainly strengthen this theory across multiple aspects of the Association.
Confidence in management of UHL at ‘all-time low’ letter from consultants details & Minister shares worry over overcrowding
CONSULTANT DOCTORS at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) have said confidence in management is at “an all-time low” while the Minister for Health has admitted to overcrowding at the facility has been a concern of his “for some time”.
