None of the ambulances needed to service north Tipperary and the Clare/Ennis region are in place, Fine Gael Health spokesperson Deputy James Reilly told the Dáil last week. “Furthermore, these ambulances are to be supplemented by emergency medical technicians or paramedics, who will be able to give certain drugs at the roadside but who will [...]
A charity air ambulance service, which will attend the scenes of accidents in remote areas or where rapid transfer to hospital is needed, is appealing for volunteers to help fundraise to get the service up and running. The air ambulance will fly into Cork, Tralee, Bunratty, Ennis, Tullamore, Naas and Waterford between Monday, February 16 [...]
St James’s Hospital is looking to purchase 100 beds from nursing homes in the surrounding area in a drive to facilitate the early discharge of patients back into the community. The Dublin hospital has issued a tender to establish baseline prices for the provision of 100 continuing care beds, in five lots of 20 beds [...]
There were 31 patients on trolleys at Tallaght hospital today, according to the Irish Nurses Organisation’s Trolleywatch. There were 23 patients on trolleys in Cork and Mayo. The following at the totals reported this morning. St Vincent’s University Hospital Eastern 20 St Colmcille’s Hospital Eastern 6 Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown Eastern 10 Beaumont Hospital Eastern 25 [...]
A new Oncology Day Services Unit was officially opened today at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. The €1.3 million purpose built Unit was officially opened by the Mayor of Drogheda, Frank Maher. This new Unit was developed in response to the increased number of patients provided with oncology services by the hospital. In 2008, [...]
A patient in the North East who was medically discharged last April is still in hospital, Fine Gael Health spokesperson Dr James Reilly has said. This was because there is no home care package for the person. A total of 216,000 bed days were lost last year due to delayed discharges. “The problem is lack [...]
Castletownbere Community Hospital has become the first community hospital in Ireland in which a registered nurse prescriber (RNP) has issued a prescription for patients. Cathy Sheehan, who received her RNP qualifications from University College Cork earlier this month, can now prescribe an agreed list of medi-cations for patients in the community hospital. Nurse/midwife prescribing was [...]
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