The ED Taskforce Co-Chairs last week reviewed ED performances, with Department of Health Trolley GAR figures showing an improvement in the number of patients on trolleys, by approximately 5 per cent so far this year, compared with the same period in 2015.
The ED Task Force Implementation Group is considering the best use of additional health service cash allocation to avert a recurrence of last year’s record-setting hospital EDs crowding, writes Gary Culliton
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has renewed its call for a national health summit and has urged TDs to demonstrate new politics by showing cross party and independent support for the voice of nurses and midwives in Seanad Éireann.
The ED Task Force Plan for addressing hospital emergency departments’ crowding challenges is taking effect, but poor industrial relations could divert focus from its implementation, writes Gary Culliton.
In spite of the efforts of medical, nursing and support staff working in Ireland’s EDs, the situation has been allowed to worsen and the risks to patients continue in spite of a multitude of reports, reports Gary Culliton.
Progress has stalled in transferring tasks from NCHDs to nurses – a major objective under the Haddington Road Agreement (HRA), the Emergency Department Task Force’s Joint Chair and INMO General Secretary has said.
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