Tag Archives: emergency departments (EDs)

Dara Gantly on another wholly predictable clinical winter and trolley crisis.

Beaumont Hospital has asked the public and GPs to avoid or delay visits to the hospital’s Emergency Department (ED).

INMO members in emergency departments (EDs) have rejected Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ED proposals by a margin of 58 per cent ‘No’ to 42 per cent ‘Yes’.

The Minister for Health Dr Leo Varadkar is touring six of the country’s busiest Emergency Departments (EDs) today to inspect trolley levels, as the trolley count has again breached the 500 figure.

Despite claims of ‘traction’ by the HSE in terms of resolving the ED trolley crisis, last month saw the highest ever level of overcrowding recorded for the month of July, report Dara Gantly and Gary Culliton

Emergency Departments (EDs) remained under pressure during the month of February, with the highest number of patients on trolleys peaking at 446 on February 18.

Recruitment restrictions were not a major factor in the difficulties faced by the emergency departments (EDs) in recent months, the Minister for Health has insisted.

The IHCA has warned that the proposed actions in the ED Task Force Report do not go far enough to deal properly with the unacceptable delays for patients.

Dear Editor, The recent letter from Dr William Behan is to be welcomed (‘Reported fee for under-sixes is €14 per consultation’, IMT, March 20, 2015).

North East Doctor On Call (NEDOC) approached the HSE with a proposal to help alleviate overcrowding in hospital emergency departments (EDs) in the region by enhancing daytime care.