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The senior fire officer visited after concerns were raised about the number of trolleys in corridors in the ED.
Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin hit out against the Taoiseach today stating that waiting lists for children are “quite shocking”.
In 2013, the Coombe, the Rotunda and the National Maternity Hospital became tobacco-free campuses.
The IMO said it is setting a 21-day deadline for the receipt of serious proposals.
One in six midwifery posts are being left vacant.
These figures were released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
The number of patients waiting for a hospital appointment has jumped by more than 40,000 people in 2019.
The issue centres on a dispute between the workers and the HSE over pay rises.
556,411 patients were waiting for their first outpatient consultation at the end of May.
Some 106 children were among those waiting without a bed.
It comes as new stats show over 2,000 cases where a homeless person has been discharged from hospital in the past seven years.
New proposals would see such products removed from hospital vending machines.
A new report has suggested that they be removed if a patient requests it.
Figures could rise again next month, due to the fallout from the nurses’ strike.
Talks broke up this evening with no commitments for the nurses to call off the action.
Three more strikes are due to take place next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
Nurses and midwives held their first 24 hours of a full strike on Wednesday this week.
The dispute centres on pay, conditions and staffing levels.
Locals recently protested the proposed name change of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.
They join members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation who are also due to go on strike.
How the ‘weaponisation of healthcare’ is being used as a war tactic.
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.
Figures from the HSE show how frequently nursing staff are assaulted.
Patients have highlighted issues with communication from their doctors and the discharge process.
The number of patients waiting more than 9 months for treatment has reduced by 38%.
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.
The Taoiseach says hospitals effectively close down over the Christmas period and that needs to end.
The IMO has said the situation won’t be due to a “flu crisis”, rather a “failure of policy”.
The company was involved in the construction of the extension to Beaumont Hospital.
Fianna Fáil’s Stephen Donnelly said the situation is far worse than last year.
The Irish Cancer Society recently called for the government to abolish inpatient charges for cancer patients in the forthcoming Budget.
The HSE has said it regrets any delays experienced by patients.
The HPRA said that it is aware of complaints made from an Irish hospital regarding the Tautmann UT10 patient trolley.
There were an average of 160 patient safety incidents per day last year.
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.
The Irish Medical Organisation has said that additional resources are needed immediately.
There was a 10% increase in health expenditure between 2011 and 2016.
The special report on the hospitals sector was carried out in 20 Irish hospitals.
New figures show a significant discrepancy in the weekly costs of providing long-term residential care for elderly people.
During the course of Storm Emma, the HSE saw a 41% reduction in attendances at Emergency Departments.