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GPs are not ‘resourced or obliged’ to follow up on hospital results
Photo by Monkey Business Images/Rex Features Open letter to the Risk Manager, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda Dear (name withheld), I am noticing an increasing trend from local hospitals...
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Letterkenny Emergency Department reopens
Photo by Garo/Phanie / Rex Features By Gary Culliton. The temporary radiology service at Letterkenny has been commissioned and is now in place, with a link to the main hospital. This emergency...
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Day bed use during ‘extreme congestion’
By Gary Culliton. The use of day beds for temporary accommodation of emergency department (ED) patients requiring admission is only implemented during “periods of extreme congestion within the...
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Self-harm and suicide drop
Photo by Design Pics Inc / Rex Features By Catherine Reilly. Benzodiazepines remained by far the most common type of medication involved in intentional acts of the most common method of self-harm —...
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Loughlinstown ED closes for move to St Vincent’s
By Gary Culliton The Emergency Department (ED) at St Columcille’s Hospital in Loughlinstown, which is part of the largest hospital Group — the Dublin East Hospital Group — will transfer to St...
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No such thing as a ‘safe level’ of ED overcrowding — IAEM
By Gary Culliton. The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine (IAEM) has said it continues to be concerned about “patient safety dangers” resulting from nationwide emergency department (ED)...
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Bring on the sharks
We have come to expect the very worst from our overcrowded emergency departments, with patients cast adrift in the middle of shark-infested waters, writes Dr Garrett FitzGerald. After 25 years of...
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Teamwork is our primary goal
Image: Getty Dear Editor, I regularly read and enjoy the ‘Hanley Report’ in your publication. It is important that general practice has a voice in these times of financial constraint. Indeed, there is...
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Connolly’s 24/7 ED will not close on my watch — Varadkar
Minister Varadkar at the opening of the Connolly Hospital AMAU The Minister of Health Dr Leo Varadkar has pledged that the 24/7 Emergency Department (ED) at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown will...
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Trust me, I’m the Minister for Health
Following his first doorstep opportunity with the new Minister for Health Leo Varadkar, Dara Gantly looks at whether we should start trusting our politicians a bit more. As you will have read on our...
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ED age patterns change considerably
Pic: Getty Images The age profile of patients attending and being admitted to hospitals during January changed considerably, new figures reveal. The proportion of emergency admissions aged 65 years and...
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Emergency departments are ‘not staffed with specialists’
Dr Leo Varadkar A “plan of action” on the role of Portlaoise Hospital will be ready in September, following consultation with staff, GPs and other hospitals including Naas, Tallaght and Tullamore. In...
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Out-of-hours activity increases by 30% since 2014
Pic: Getty Images GP out-of-hours activity has increased by 10,000 patients in 2015 and community intervention team (CIT) activity — which is particularly focused on relieving pressures in emergency...
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EDs are ‘performing poorly’ accepts HSE
Tony O’Brien, Director General, HSE There was continued poor performance — and “a significant deterioration” in September — in the numbers waiting more than 24 hours at emergency departments (EDs),...
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Galway ED cost analysis due
The cost-benefit analysis with regard to a new Galway University Hospital (GUH) emergency department (ED) is in its final stages and it is anticipated that this will be completed shortly. If...
View ArticleInappropriate prescribing linked to increased risk of ED visits
Inappropriate prescribing is linked to an increased risk of adverse drug events (ADEs) and emergency department visits among older people and it can also have a negative impact on quality of life, a...
View Article€24m ED opens at UHL
A new €24 million Emergency Department (ED) has been opened at the University Hospital Limerick (UHL), which, at 3,850 square metres, is more than three times the size of the old ED. In 2016, UHL had...
View ArticlePublic hospital ED closures averted
As long as permanent contracts remain unattractive there will continue to be a staff shortfall This story continues at Public hospital ED closures averted Or just read more coverage at Irish Medical...
View ArticleHomeless more likely to leave hospital against medical advice
The study found that those without a fixed address were more likely than in house patients to leave without assessment This story continues at Homeless more likely to leave hospital against medical...
View ArticleHospital ED attendances surpass one million
Emergency department attendances surpass one million leading to 100 per cent hospital occupancy This story continues at Hospital ED attendances surpass one million Or just read more coverage at Irish...
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