Tag Archives: Emergency departments

Current ‘visible dysfunction’ in system due to demand grossly exceeding capacity

It is envisaged the IEHG Unscheduled Care Service Improvement Programme could enhance patient experience

Plans in development to replace entire department, which has outlived its original design

GPs should check their contractual arrangement to determine if you they have adequate professional protection

Representatives from the IAEM, ICTU and Patient Focus were to attend, followed by the HSE

Doctors are struggling with increased visitation rates and decreasing resources

St Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH) plans to fully implement an electronic patient record (EPR) in its Emergency Department (ED) over the next 12-18 months as part of a project to ultimately make the ED completely paperless.

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.

Ongoing work on developing a national trauma policy was about getting the best outcomes for a particular, small category of patients who sustain traumatic injuries, the HSE has said, and “not about closing emergency departments (EDs) or diminishing services”.

General practices in the UK with higher levels of funding have fewer emergency department (ED) attendances and admissions and greater patient satisfaction, a new study has shown in detail.