‘Fewer on trolleys’ after move

An analysis of the activity in St Vincent’s Emergency Department for the period after the St Columcille’s Hospital, Loughlinstown, reconfiguration shows that there have been “fewer people on trolleys and patient experience times continue to be among the best in Dublin”, according to the Minister for Health. “Patient experience times remain favourable by comparison with other hospitals,” said Dr James Reilly. The acute hospital service in HSE Dublin South East/Wicklow is provided through a collaborative arrangement across three sites (St Vincent’s University Hospital, St Michael’s and St Columcille’s), and work on reconfiguration of clinical services across these hospitals has been…