# hospitals - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
The senior fire officer visited after concerns were raised about the number of trolleys in corridors in the ED.
# hospitals - Tuesday 26 November, 2019
# Emergency Departments
# Emergency Departments
Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin hit out against the Taoiseach today stating that waiting lists for children are “quite shocking”.
# hospitals - Tuesday 29 October, 2019
# Smoking
# Smoking
In 2013, the Coombe, the Rotunda and the National Maternity Hospital became tobacco-free campuses.
# hospitals - Thursday 17 October, 2019
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
The IMO said it is setting a 21-day deadline for the receipt of serious proposals.
# hospitals - Monday 26 August, 2019
# INMO
# INMO
One in six midwifery posts are being left vacant.
# hospitals - Sunday 25 August, 2019
# Foreign Objects
# Foreign Objects
These figures were released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
# hospitals - Friday 9 August, 2019
# Crisis
# Crisis
The number of patients waiting for a hospital appointment has jumped by more than 40,000 people in 2019.
# hospitals - Friday 28 June, 2019
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
The issue centres on a dispute between the workers and the HSE over pay rises.
# hospitals - Friday 14 June, 2019
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
556,411 patients were waiting for their first outpatient consultation at the end of May.
# hospitals - Wednesday 1 May, 2019
# Trolley Watch
# Trolley Watch
Some 106 children were among those waiting without a bed.
# hospitals - Saturday 9 March, 2019
# Dignity
# Dignity
It comes as new stats show over 2,000 cases where a homeless person has been discharged from hospital in the past seven years.
# hospitals - Thursday 7 March, 2019
# Your Say
# Your Say
New proposals would see such products removed from hospital vending machines.
# hospitals - Thursday 28 February, 2019
# Your Say
# Your Say
A new report has suggested that they be removed if a patient requests it.
# hospitals - Friday 15 February, 2019
# Record Numbers
# Record Numbers
Figures could rise again next month, due to the fallout from the nurses’ strike.
# hospitals - Friday 8 February, 2019
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
Talks broke up this evening with no commitments for the nurses to call off the action.
# hospitals - Thursday 7 February, 2019
# Industrial Unrest
# Industrial Unrest
Three more strikes are due to take place next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
# hospitals - Friday 1 February, 2019
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
Nurses and midwives held their first 24 hours of a full strike on Wednesday this week.
# hospitals - Wednesday 30 January, 2019
# Picket Lines
# Picket Lines
The dispute centres on pay, conditions and staffing levels.
# hospitals - Monday 14 January, 2019
# Our Lady Of Lourdes
# Our Lady Of Lourdes
Locals recently protested the proposed name change of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.
# hospitals - Thursday 10 January, 2019
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
They join members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation who are also due to go on strike.
# hospitals - Wednesday 2 January, 2019
# War Tactics
# War Tactics
How the ‘weaponisation of healthcare’ is being used as a war tactic.
# hospitals - Monday 24 December, 2018
# ImAtWorkLeo
# ImAtWorkLeo
Varadkar felt the ire of frontline staff in November this month when he suggested that consultants should not take holidays in the first week of the year.
# hospitals - Saturday 15 December, 2018
# At Risk
# At Risk
Figures from the HSE show how frequently nursing staff are assaulted.
# hospitals - Monday 26 November, 2018
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Patients have highlighted issues with communication from their doctors and the discharge process.
# hospitals - Friday 16 November, 2018
# Daycase Access Plan
# Daycase Access Plan
The number of patients waiting more than 9 months for treatment has reduced by 38%.
# Opinion
# Opinion
Our healthcare system in Ireland needs our nurses more than ever but measuring their performance has not been a priority, says former INMO General Secretary Liam Doran.
# hospitals - Tuesday 6 November, 2018
# Hospital Shut Down
# Hospital Shut Down
The Taoiseach says hospitals effectively close down over the Christmas period and that needs to end.
# hospitals - Tuesday 30 October, 2018
# Warning
# Warning
The IMO has said the situation won’t be due to a “flu crisis”, rather a “failure of policy”.
# hospitals - Thursday 25 October, 2018
# Building Inspections
# Building Inspections
The company was involved in the construction of the extension to Beaumont Hospital.
# hospitals - Friday 19 October, 2018
# Crisis
# Crisis
Fianna Fáil’s Stephen Donnelly said the situation is far worse than last year.
# hospitals - Monday 1 October, 2018
# Final Notice
# Final Notice
The Irish Cancer Society recently called for the government to abolish inpatient charges for cancer patients in the forthcoming Budget.
# hospitals - Friday 31 August, 2018
# Nursing Vacancies
# Nursing Vacancies
The HSE has said it regrets any delays experienced by patients.
# hospitals - Wednesday 29 August, 2018
# Warning
# Warning
The HPRA said that it is aware of complaints made from an Irish hospital regarding the Tautmann UT10 patient trolley.
# hospitals - Sunday 12 August, 2018
# Patient Safety
# Patient Safety
There were an average of 160 patient safety incidents per day last year.
# hospitals - Friday 20 July, 2018
# Dublin
# Dublin
Members of the public have been advised that the two infected people attended a number of hospitals where it is possibly they passed on the illness.
# hospitals - Wednesday 18 July, 2018
# Reform Needed
# Reform Needed
The Irish Medical Organisation has said that additional resources are needed immediately.
# hospitals - Saturday 23 June, 2018
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
There was a 10% increase in health expenditure between 2011 and 2016.
# hospitals - Monday 21 May, 2018
# Off The Charts
# Off The Charts
The special report on the hospitals sector was carried out in 20 Irish hospitals.
# hospitals - Tuesday 6 March, 2018
# Running Costs
# Running Costs
New figures show a significant discrepancy in the weekly costs of providing long-term residential care for elderly people.
# hospitals - Monday 5 March, 2018
# Storm Emma
# Storm Emma
During the course of Storm Emma, the HSE saw a 41% reduction in attendances at Emergency Departments.
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