# Hospitals

Last week

17th September 2023 - 23rd September 2023

Sinn Féin's new healthcare plan promises an ‘Irish NHS’ within two terms of government

The party is also promising to make digital transformation of Ireland’s health service a priority if they get into government.

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# Trolley crisis

Health minister tells taskforce that roster reform is needed to tackle hospital overcrowding

The Emergency Department TaskForce convened this afternoon to discuss lack of sufficient resources for patient numbers.

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Sep 18th 2023, 7:58 PM

This month

September 2023

# Hospital overcrowding

Donnelly: Emergency Department Taskforce will meet next Monday

The Emergency Taskforce was formed in 2015 to tackle emergency department overcrowding.

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Sep 11th 2023, 6:47 PM

This year

2023

# roster tensions

Explainer: Why are HSE bosses calling for a ‘permanent’ seven-day roster for hospital staff?

The HSE has said it wants to avoid a “substantial impact” of overcrowding on hospitals.

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May 26th 2023, 4:10 PM

# Healthcare

Hospitals and EDs 'don't hold all solutions to overcrowding', Donnelly tells committee

The health minister acknowledged that waiting lists for scheduled care increased by nearly 60% between 2015 and 2021.

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Apr 26th 2023, 10:30 AM

# mask wearing

Health unions seek urgent meeting with HSE on end of mandatory mask wearing in hospitals

There are concerns that lifting mandatory mask wearing could cause “friction” between those with different views in already overcrowded hospital wards.

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Apr 19th 2023, 1:40 PM

# Healthcare

Mandatory mask wearing in hospitals to end on 19 April

Staff and visitors are still advised to wear masks around patients who are confirmed or suspected to have Covid-19.

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Apr 7th 2023, 4:41 PM

# Overcrowding

Cork University Hospital reaches record overcrowding as 90 patients without beds

Across the country, there is a total of 635 patients without a bed in hospitals today.

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Mar 29th 2023, 1:02 PM

# Cost of Living

Plan to abolish public hospital charges to come before Cabinet later

Currently patients can face a charge of €80 per day with an annual cap of a maximum of 10 days costing €800.

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Jan 24th 2023, 8:56 AM

# hospital security

INMO calls for full security review of hospitals following fatal Cork attack

The union said no security review has taken place since 2016.

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Jan 23rd 2023, 11:23 AM

# overcrowding crisis

Protests take place against overcrowding at 17 hospitals

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Limerick to protest the high levels of overcrowding at UHL.

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Jan 21st 2023, 2:30 PM

# Respiratory viruses

Chief medical officer has not advocated for a mask mandate, says Taoiseach

Chief Medical Officer Prof Breda Smyth has urged the public to wear masks on public transport and in crowded places.

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Jan 10th 2023, 4:16 PM

# Hospitals

Consultants warn of stark impacts for patients due to 'avoidable delays' in health system

The HSE has faced significant strain this month amid a surge in cases of respiratory illnesses and presentations in emergency departments.

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Jan 10th 2023, 2:36 PM

# Hospitals

HSE clinical chief says asking hospital staff to work across weekends 'not sustainable'

Dr Colm Henry said there were 248 people on trolleys awaiting admission last night.

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Jan 9th 2023, 1:16 PM

# Hospitals

'Not acceptable' that people are dying due to overcrowding, says INMO

The former head of the HSE also stated today that overcrowding has become a permanent feature of the healthcare system.

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Jan 8th 2023, 4:33 PM

# SIPTU

Paramedics to vote on industrial action up to and including strike action

Siptu members of the National Ambulance Service will receive ballot papers next week.

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Jan 5th 2023, 3:36 PM

# Overcrowding

Number of patients waiting for beds in Irish hospitals falls again, INMO figures show

The head of the Saolta Hospital Group has warned of ‘a difficult month ahead’ for hospital emergency departments.

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Jan 5th 2023, 1:33 PM

# Under Pressure

Pressure on hospitals due to respiratory illnesses will likely get worse, Donnelly says

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said the HSE doesn’t believe that the flu wave has peaked.

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Jan 3rd 2023, 9:42 PM

Last year

2022

# Covid-19

Taoiseach asks HSE to 'deploy all available resources' in response to respiratory viruses surge

Frontline healthcare workers ‘feel that they have been abandoned to a situation that was avoidable,’ the INMO’s general secretary said.

Taoiseach has said that HSE must deploy all available resources to combat virus surge.

HSE said they're seeing more people currently in hospital with Covid-19 than had been expected.

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Dec 23rd 2022, 2:20 PM

# twindemic

CMO: 120 cases of Covid-19 diagnosed in hospitals overnight amid 'concerning' viral surge

Prof Breda Smyth urged people with flu-like symptoms to stay at home in the run-up to Christmas.

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Dec 21st 2022, 3:00 PM

# Trolleys

Mater restricts visits due to high levels of respiratory infections as 'record' overcrowding hits hospitals

It’s the joint-highest number of patients without a bed that the organisation has ever recorded.

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Dec 19th 2022, 5:57 PM

# Waiting Lists

Healthcare report shows increase in ED attendances and outpatient appointments

Close to 200,000 people had been on outpatient waiting lists for over a year.

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Dec 1st 2022, 2:49 PM

# Scary

'Significant delays' expected in emergency departments over long weekend

The public is being asked to ‘consider all options’ before going to A&E so that those who need care most can be prioritised.

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Oct 28th 2022, 1:59 PM

# Winter

Over 600k avail of flu vaccines as Covid cases dip

Meanwhile, the Department has purchased 15,000 monkeypox vaccines.

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Oct 25th 2022, 8:37 PM

# INMO

Number of patients on trolleys in Irish hospitals hits year-high

669 people are on trolleys in Irish hospitals today, a figure that includes 28 children.

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Oct 25th 2022, 4:16 PM

# Healthcare

Trade union asks Health Minister to extend Covid-19 payment to contracted frontline workers

The criteria does not currently include workers exployed by external companies.

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Oct 21st 2022, 10:24 PM

# Healthcare

Budget 2023 must address 'chronic' overcrowding in Irish hospitals, says INMO

It called for a ‘laser focus’ on recruitment of nurses and midwives.

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Sep 17th 2022, 1:07 PM

# Overcrowding

Nurses warn of winter 'twindemic' if overcrowding in hospitals is not addressed

The INMO said that the number of patients without a bed last month was up 52% on the previous year.

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Jul 31st 2022, 6:00 AM

Voices

Stephen Donnelly: The intimidation of women seeking abortion services will soon be illegal

The health minister outlines new legislation agreed by Cabinet today for safe access zones outside abortion providers.

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Jul 27th 2022, 5:50 PM

# pandemic

Current Covid wave has peaked but hospital capacity remains under pressure, says CMO

46 Covid-19 related deaths were reported in the first 19 days of this month.

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Jul 26th 2022, 3:56 PM

# Coronavirus

Number of people in hospital with Covid-19 tops 1,000 for the first time in three months

It comes as the EU recommends that people over 60 be offered a second booster vaccine.

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Jul 11th 2022, 10:13 AM

# Coronavirus

Tánaiste says he does not think new restrictions will be needed to tackle summer Covid wave

There are some 606 patients in hospital with Covid.

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Jun 20th 2022, 4:47 PM

# Emergency Departments

HSE details hospitals with the highest average wait times

The highest waiting times were seen in Cork at Mercy University Hospital and Cork University Hospital.

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Jun 15th 2022, 8:45 AM

# Hospitals

Nurses suffering from burnout due to overcrowding in A&E, says INMO

The INMO has said the dignity of patients is often diminished because of overcrowded conditions.

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Jun 13th 2022, 9:00 PM

# Healthcare

Is Stephen Donnelly's €350m plan to tackle waiting lists this year actually working?

“The whole point of waiting lists is that you can’t fix them in a year.”

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Jun 4th 2022, 6:30 AM

# Covid wave

19,866 new Covid cases reported as consultants warn hospitals face increased pressure

As of 8am today, 1,466 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom 55 are in ICU.

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Mar 25th 2022, 4:33 PM

# Hospitals

Pressure on Emergency Departments 'worst since Covid-19 pandemic began', consultant says

Covid-19 cases in hospital are up 29% in the last week.

As of yesterday, there were 1,395 Covid-positive patients in hospital, with 55 in intensive care.

More than 5,200 staff are currently absent due to Covid-19, the HSE's Anne O'Connor said.

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Mar 24th 2022, 12:37 PM

# Covid-19

Midwest hospitals impose visiting bans due to 'very high' number of Covid patients

Visiting bans are in place at University Hospital Limerick and at Nenagh General Hospital.

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Mar 22nd 2022, 8:00 PM

# Hospitals

Overcrowding and over 1,000 Covid-19 cases in hospitals is 'recipe for disaster', INMO says

A total of 1,042 patients are in hospital with Covid-19 currently.

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Mar 14th 2022, 1:47 PM

# Russia

Russia says it could target Western arms supplies to Ukraine

Earlier Ukraine’s foreign ministry said a mosque sheltering 80 civilians was shelled in Mariupol.

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