Hospital Medicine

The RCSI has not been immune to the recession and saw net assets decrease by almost a half in 2008.

The Irish Association of Emergency Medicine has reported that Ireland’s emergency departments (EDs) have been inundated with large numbers of patients sustaining injuries after falling or slipping on snow and ice over the last three weeks.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) is set to develop a comprehensive database of all NCHDs and their posts, some four years after the move was first recommended in the Buttimer Report.

In response to the hygiene report from the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) on the Midwestern Regional Hospital, the HSE has acknowledged that hygiene standards in the hospital are ‘deeply unsatisfactory’.

The National Treatment Purchases Fund (NTPF) has spent nearly €8 million over the past three years on sending patients abroad for treatment.

The addition of several new facilities at the Galway Clinic could have a ‘significant impact’ on cancer treatment services available in the Galway region, according to a spokesperson.

November NTPF figures show a total of 852 people waiting more than three months for a colonoscopy, an increase of 189 since September figures were published.

Only one of 28 public hospitals in the State is meeting the HSE’s target to reduce ‘did not attend’ (DNA) rates because large numbers of people are not showing up for their outpatient appointments.

Millions of euro will be saved through the appointment of teams of medical microbiologists, infectious disease physicians and anti-microbial pharmacists in hospitals across the country, a new report has found.

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) has appointed Professor Jacques Jani as a visiting professor to the Fetal Treatment Programme at the RCSI and Rotunda Hospital.