Disruption to hospitals in north west could continue today
The HSE is warning of potential disruption to services in hospitals in Sligo and Letterkenny once they get back up and running later. Industrial action by nurses ends at 8am, but the HSE says there could be a surge in patients presenting at emergency departments. INMO members will stage a…
Nurses say HSE failing to provide for another winter crisis in hospitals
With record numbers on trolleys again today, nurses in Galway are protesting over what they claim is the HSE’s failure year on year to tackle another patient winter crisis. In Sligo alone there are 27 patients on trolleys with another 16 waiting at Letterkenny University Hospital. Nurses and midwives based…
‘Medically discharged patients cannot leave hospitals because of lack of support’
A Donegal TD says many hospital patients who are medically discharged from hospitals cannot go home because of lack of supports. Fianna Fail Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher says the problem is becoming worse because of ongoing delays in the approval of home care packages. He says there is no…
Donegal TD hits out at Varadkar for failing to ‘take control’ of overcrowding
Calls have been made for Letterkenny University Hospital to be given funding to increase the amount of beds there. Yesterday there were 30 people on trolleys at the hospital. While in the past month alone there has been over 500 instances of patients being left without a bed. Raising the…
Results of hospital patients’ survey will be used to improve services
The HSE says a new patient hospital survey will be used to improve services and reduce waiting times. In the first National Patient Experience Survey conducted last May, patients in Sligo and Letterkenny said they were generally happy with their local hospital services. And despite high trolley figures consistently in…
Fianna Fail TD says hospital prefabs sets “a bad precedent”
A Sligo/Leitrim Fianna Fail TD has described the provision on prefabs on some hospital grounds to relieve overcrowding as ‘a bad precedent.’ Deputy Marc MacSharry was reacting to a proposal by Health Minister Simon Harris, who says the move is a short-term solution. However, there is already concern over whether…
Prefabs now the latest suggestion to relieve overcrowding in hospitals
The Minister for Health has defended moves to provide prefabs at hospitals in an effort to relieve overcrowding. Simon Harris says it’s a short-term solution by adding additional capacity. However, there are concerns about the provision of additional staff for the prefabs. The HSE is hoping to hire 1,200 extra…