St John’s Community Hospital in Sligo has been included in the HSE’s Capital Development Programme and has been granted a €3 million capital allocation of the €130 million allocation in 2022.
Over €130 million has been approved in Sligo, Donegal, Leitrim and Monaghan to make a number of Older Persons Services buildings HIQA compliant.
Some of the work has already got underway at St. Johns.
The floor area of the St. Johns Hospital has been rationalised, taking into account the Heath Information Quality Authority guidelines, “National Standards for Residential Care Setting for Older people in Ireland”.
The design and layout of the Community Nursing Unit complies with the expected Standards. The unit will be safe, assessable, hygienic, spacious, and will meet resident’s individual and collective needs in a comfortable and homely way.
The project included 20 new build single bedrooms with en-suites, with improved access to support residents with restricted mobility and requiring nursing assistance. It also facilitated extensive refurbishment and reconfiguration of existing ward areas to include new toileting and shower facilities.
The Capital project also included the provision of two new paved enclosed courtyard areas to provide an outdoor amenity area for Residents to access.
Works were completed in a phased manner to the Tir na N’Óg, Hazelwood and Cairde units, and the final two nursing units, the Rosses and Curam units to be commissioned in May 2022.
Other facilities that will benefit from this funding include, St.Joseph’s Hospital Stranorlar, the construction of an 80 bed Community Nursing Unit in Ballyshannon and a 90 bed HIQA compliant Community Nursing Unit located in Carrick on Shannon in Leitrim.
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