Local Councillor is fearful over the pressure alcohol is putting Hospitals under
A local councillor and member of the Regional Health forum west has called for urgent for action to be taken in addressing the situation where alcohol is placing extreme pressure on local Hospitals. It emerged over the Christmas period that one in five emergency admissions to hospital is due…
Controversy over potential parking charges reversal
A potential row back on a decision to abolish hospital car parking charges in the North is ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’. That’s according to Sinn Fein MLA Jemma Dolan who has been reacting to a move from the Department of Health to hold an eight-week consultation on the re-introduction…
Sligo Councillor warns less nursing homes will increase pressure on Hospitals
A Sligo Councillor has expressed concern over how the possible closure of nursing homes could impact local hospitals. Recently both Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals were deemed as some of the most over-crowded in the Country. Continues calls have been made for greater investment in step-down facilities including…
Mask wearing to end in Hospitals on April 19th
The universal wearing of face masks in Hospitals such as Sligo University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital could be about to come to an end on April 19th. New guidelines from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre means that staff, patients and visitors will no longer need to wear face…
44 people waiting for a bed in North West hospitals
There were 44 people waiting for a bed at the two main North West hospitals this morning according to the INMO. 28 people were waiting at Sligo University Hospital while a further 16 were waiting at Letterkenny. Cork University Hospital remains the most overcrowded with 74 people waiting…
Updated: Sligo councillor calls for new ‘HSE winter plan’ to target overcrowding in emergency departments’
A Sligo Councillor is calling for the new HSE winter plan to target overcrowding in Hospital Emergency Departments as a matter of urgency. Hundreds of new healthcare staff are to be recruited in the coming months under the HSE’s Winter Plan, which goes to Cabinet today. Health Minister…
Letterkenny hospital third most overcrowded in country today
Letterkenny University Hospital is the third most-overcrowded hospital in the country today. It has 46 patients waiting for beds, with 20 in the emergency department and 26 in wards and elsewhere. Only two other hospitals are more overcrowded that Letterkenny; they are University Hospital Galway with 54 patients waiting and…