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How would Ireland’s hospitals cope with a mass casualty incident?
We have a major emergency plan for serious incidents, so let’s see how it would work.
# hospitals - Thursday 23 May, 2013
A&E wards could be shut over looming staff shortages, doctors warn
The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine says emergency wards are already stretched, and it’ll get worse in July…
# hospitals - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Cutting edge technologies in healthcare will increase efficiency
Tablet devices for nurses and electronic medical records – just some of the ideas showcased at a digital healthcare gathering in Dublin yesterday.
# hospitals - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added Casino Royale made of Lego
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today…
Reilly announces biggest change to Irish hospitals ‘in decades’
Hospitals are now going to be divided into one of six groups around the country.
# hospitals - Monday 13 May, 2013
Charging private patients for public beds will drive up premiums by 25% – report
Insurance companies are worried about the decline in young people enrolling as the costs of insuring those over 60 are considerably higher.
# hospitals - Saturday 11 May, 2013
INMO chief dismisses ‘man who cried wolf’ suggestions on strike action
Liam Doran says he doesn’t pay attention to newspaper commentary suggesting he regularly threatens industrial action.
# hospitals - Friday 10 May, 2013
INMO president: Reilly “has shown little or no regard” for nurses, midwives
The INMO is to present the health minister with the findings of its trolley and ward watch initiatives, which show an increase in the amount of people on trolleys.
# hospitals - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Issue of pay to dominate INMO annual conference
The INMO is to hold its annual conference tomorrow, and its general secretary said he expects “lively debate” at the event.
# hospitals - Friday 26 April, 2013
Uncleanliness led to serious risks for patients at Sligo Hospital
HIQA inspectors identified a number of specific issues that present “immediate serious risks” to patients.
Not just Suarez: Plastic surgeons handle as many as 200 bites every year
The Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons has taken the opportunity of the publicity surrounding biting this week to warn of the consequences of serious biting.
# hospitals - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
Concern for elderly health over budget cuts
Older people are more likely to spend more nights in hospital and to visit the GP, a TILDA study found.
# hospitals - Monday 4 March, 2013
Over half of public hospitals have people waiting 12 months for surgery
Department of Health figures show people still waiting over a year for inpatient procedures – well past an original deadline.
# hospitals - Monday 18 February, 2013
Reilly launches first ‘Early Warning Score’ for patient safety
The score is the first of the National Clinical Guidelines, and sets out how to recognise and respond to patients whose condition is deteriorating.
# hospitals - Friday 8 February, 2013
Daffodil Day campaign aims to raise €3.4m
The Irish Cancer Society is hoping to expand its Cancer Information Service which helps patients access the information they need to make decisions about treatment.
# hospitals - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
Kenny slams Sinn Féin ‘witch hunt’ against Minister for Health
Sinn Féin has demanded an explanation as to why emergency wards in Kilkenny and Wexford had upgrades ‘fast-tracked’.
# hospitals - Sunday 27 January, 2013
Documents show ministers announced hospital works before HSE Board knew
The opposition lashes out as RTÉ’s This Week obtains documents showing upgrades in Kilkenny and Wexford were fast-tracked.
# hospitals - Friday 25 January, 2013
The 5 at 5: Friday
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
# hospitals - Thursday 10 January, 2013
Column: Why shouldn’t there be ‘abortion on demand’?
The Government is desperate to avoid “abortion on demand”, writes Sarah McCarthy – but in reality, women should be trusted to make the choice.
# hospitals - Friday 4 January, 2013
Visitor restrictions remain in hospitals due to vomiting bug
Restrictions are still place in Limerick and Cavan though the number of reported cases have significantly declined.
# hospitals - Friday 14 December, 2012
Air Ambulance Service completes over 100 missions
Independent TD Denis Naughten said today that there is a need for the establishment of a national helicopter emergency service.
# hospitals - Friday 30 November, 2012
€150 million to be paid by insurers to HSE ‘by year end’ – Reilly
The outstanding money is a result of private patients being treated in public beds.
# hospitals - Thursday 29 November, 2012
Nurse staffing levels “critical”, says INMO
The organisation said that nursing staffing levels in Ireland are at “critically low levels” compared to the UK.
# hospitals - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
Blood Bikers zoom in to help patients in the West
The bikers work as an emergency rider voluntary service that transports blood, patient records and other urgently-needed items between hospitals in the Western region.
# hospitals - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
One third of doctors don’t wash their hands between patients – report
An audit by the HSE shows the Mater private hospital in Dublin had the highest rate of compliance with hand hygiene.
# hospitals - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
Report shows increase in people discharged from Irish hospitals
The ESRI report also showed that 46 per cent of the 25 per cent of women who delivered a baby on a public basis had an elective Caesarean section.
# hospitals - Friday 26 October, 2012
Beaumont restricts visits after outbreak of winter vomiting bug
An outbreak of the winter vomiting bug means the hospital has introduced visiting restrictions, including to emergency wards.
# hospitals - Friday 19 October, 2012
Reduction in waiting lists welcomed by Health Minister
Dr James Reilly, Minister for Health, said that hospitals have achieved success in reaching a target list for inpatient and day case treatments.
# hospitals - Monday 17 September, 2012
James Reilly: New consultants will have to face a hefty pay cut
Consultants may also have to work weekends under the terms of the new deal.
# hospitals - Monday 10 September, 2012
‘Fake’ Tokyo doctor treated over 2,300 patients
A Tokyo hospital is checking the qualifications of all staff after it emerged an unqualified bluffer had dealt with thousands of patients.
# hospitals - Tuesday 28 August, 2012
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know this morning.
# hospitals - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
‘Grave concerns’ over controversial HSE plan to fire hospital staff
The HSE has produced a report which proposes getting rid of all agency staff in three hospitals – but the plan has drawn harsh criticism.
# hospitals - Thursday 16 August, 2012
Ambulance cuts “putting lives at risk”
A Dublin TD has said that reduction in ambulance services in Dublin could put lives at risk.
# hospitals - Tuesday 14 August, 2012
Patients angered by Michael Ring’s Olympic homecoming comments
Sports Minister said his comments at Team Ireland homecoming about money spent on sport being “better than putting it into hospitals” was meant to highlight importance of exercise in keeping nation healthy.
# hospitals - Tuesday 24 July, 2012
Minister for Health “winning the war on trolley numbers”
New figures show that there were almost 10,000 fewer people on trolleys so far this year.
# hospitals - Friday 22 June, 2012
The 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things to know this morning…
# hospitals - Thursday 7 June, 2012
Top performing hospitals, levels of absenteeism – HSE figures revealed
The latest HSE performance report evaluates hospitals’ discharge and admission rates, as well as response times and lengths of stay.
“Too many people waiting far too long” – 200,000 on hospital waiting lists
A total of 806 people have been waiting more than four years for consultant appointments…
# hospitals - Monday 28 May, 2012
Emergency medics demand commitment to solve overcrowding ‘once and for all’
If Tallaght can change procedures within three days to cut waiting times, the IAEM says, so can other hospitals.
# hospitals - Thursday 17 May, 2012
Report on Tallaght Hospital describes emergency department as “unacceptable”
Health watchdog HIQA found that over 80 per cent of patients in the emergency department were kept on a corridor and had to wait around 13 hours for a bed.
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