Delay to new Mental Health Unit at SUH
A new Mental Health Unit at Sligo University Hospital will not be ready for use for at least another two years. The HSE had planned to open the new 25 bed facility in late 2018 but today confirmed it’s not expected to be completed until 2019 or 2020. In a…
Letterkenny Hospital issues apologies to patients on trolleys
Letterkenny University Hospital has issued an apology to all patients effected by the ongoing trolley crisis at the hospital. The HSE has released a statement that the emergency department at the hospital remains extremely busy today with 30 people awaiting admission. The Full Capacity Protocol has been implemented and all…
Support needed for families of those with physical disability in Donegal
An Independent Donegal TD says everything possible should be done to support families of someone with a physical disability in the county. It comes after the HSE confirmed to Ocean FM that respite services at Seaview House in Mountcharles should return to seven days a week in the near future.…
Future of Sligo respite centre discussed in Dail
There are calls for the HSE to clarify the status of respite hours for users of the Solas Respite Service in Sligo. The centre provides respite to children with a learning disability and autism in the Sligo/Leitrim area and it opened in Sligo town in 2009 at a cost of…
Ballymote nursing home granted planning permission for extension
The capacity at a Sligo nursing home is expected to increase in the near future. Ballymote Community Nursing Unit has been granted planning permission from Sligo County Council for two new single storey extensions. Ocean FM news have received no reply to correspondence with the HSE about when the work…
Flu continues to put local health services under pressure
The flu and vomitting bug continue to put health services in the north west and around the country under pressure. Today’s trolley figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show there are 20 people in trolleys at Sligo University Hospital and 17 in Letterkenny. The HSE says cases of…
17 people waiting on trolleys in the North West
The Irish Medical Organisation has hit out at the response of the HSE to the trolley crisis in Irish hospitals. Health Minister Simon Harris met with the Emergency Department Taskforce yesterday to discuss measures to reduce the number of people on trolleys. The organisation described the response as “too little,…