The HSE has acknowledged that major problems exist at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, where 95 per cent of total inpatient activity is accounted for by emergency cases, new figures obtained by Irish Medical Times reveal. The HSE ‘accepts that it is an issue and intends to review the situation at Portlaoise very shortly’, [...]
The Intermediate Care Service teams in Roscommon Primary, Community and Continuing Care, HSE West have been awarded certification for continuous improvement, customer focus, use of a systems approach, evidence-based decision making and business excellence. The National Standards Authority of Ireland awarded the service ISO 9001:2008 certification. The teams are located in Castlerea and Roscommon town. [...]
Misdiagnosis, undergoing the wrong procedure, being given the wrong drugs and scans being mixed-up were among the complaints made by patients of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda last year. In 2008, 113 complaints were received. Of those, just over half (58) related to treatment or the delivery of services. The next most common [...]
Dr Peter F. Buckley, chair of the Medical College of Georgia Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior and associate dean for leadership development in the MCG School of Medicine, has been elected chair of the PanAmerican Division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Dr Buckley is a graduate of Ireland’s University College Dublin School of [...]
The Aran Islands are on their way to having a full Primary Care Team unit, with the official opening of a new Health Centre on Inis Oírr. Inis Oírr has a population of 247 (2006 census) and a range of health needs for a mixed age profile which ranges from the very young to the [...]
The way consultants spoke to patients came in for criticism in complaints made to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda last year. Many complained about the ‘manner’ in which consultants spoke to patients and relatives, as well as the treatment they received. Of 113 complaints about the hospital in 2008, 14 were about consultants’ [...]
A €2 million deal to clear the backlog of 50 scoliosis patients awaiting corrective spinal surgery at Crumlin children’s hospital, which would involve savings on management of blood and other mechanisms, is due to be completed and with the Health Executive Service (HSE) within days. Crumlin has indicated to the HSE that savings can be [...]
AN ‘early transfer’ pilot programme to reduce the time taken to move patients from the emergency department to a ward has been implemented by the Health Service Executive (HSE) at four hospitals. From July 1, Tallaght Hospital, Beaumont Hospital, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda and Cork University Hospital (CUH) aim to transfer patients [...]
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has called upon the Government to review its system of tax breaks supporting the co-location project. Delegates at the recent (July 7 to 10) ICTU biennial conference in Tralee, Co Kerry carried a motion put forward by the Irish Medical Organisation calling on the Government to review the [...]
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