*Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly. Photograph: Brian Arthur. GOVERNMENT and management at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) do not stand over continued overcrowding at the region’s main hospital, the Minister for Health has said.
IMPROVEMENTS in the delivery of care at the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick (UHL) has been noted in HIQA’s latest report which also found that overcrowding continues to impact patient dignity and privacy.
CONSULTANT DOCTORS at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) have said confidence in management is at “an all-time low” while the Minister for Health has admitted to overcrowding at the facility has been a concern of his “for some time”.
*CEO of UL Hospitals Group, Colette Cowan. MANAGEMENT’S POSITION AT UNVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK (UHL) is no longer tenable, TDs in the Mid-West have said.
*Marie McMahon. Photograph: Martin Molloy AN ENNISTYMON WOMAN has said she feels “vindicated” by the scathing assessment issued by HIQA into overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick.
MAJOR CONCERNS surrounding patient safety at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) have been flagged in a new report by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).
No new acute, sub-acute or ICU beds will be opened in the Midwest in 2022, new data from the HSE has revealed.
*Minister Stephen Donnelly during his visit to UHL. HIQA have confirmed it is to undertake inspections of the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) while the Minister for Health has said more emergency medical doctors are needed at the Dooradoyle facility.
An inspection by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has found an East Clare nursing home to be substantially compliant in thirteen of the seventeen areas it was assessed under.
No additional resources have been sought by the National Ambulance Services (NAS) for the West Clare area.