# hospitals - Tuesday 2 May, 2017
# HIQA
# HIQA
At one hospital, “patients who were unable to walk did not have access to fresh drinking water”.
# hospitals - Monday 1 May, 2017
# Pricey
# Pricey
Cork University Hospital generated €3.1 million in 2016, while the car park at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin raised €464,000 in the same year.
# Landmark Survey
# Landmark Survey
Patients discharged between now and the end of May will be able to complete the National Patient Experience Survey.
# hospitals - Monday 10 April, 2017
# San Bernardino
# San Bernardino
The shooting has reportedly resulted from a ‘domestic incident’. The remaining students at the school have been evacuated to another nearby school.
# hospitals - Wednesday 22 March, 2017
# Medicine
# Medicine
People over the age of 65 are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of medicine.
# hospitals - Monday 13 March, 2017
# Your Say
# Your Say
There have been calls for the hospitals to be handed over, amid criticism in relation to compensation owed to abuse victims.
# hospitals - Sunday 12 March, 2017
# Freedom To Work
# Freedom To Work
Groups representing medical students, interns and residents oppose the loosening of work-shift caps.
# hospitals - Saturday 25 February, 2017
# Building Blocks
# Building Blocks
It is planned that prefabs would be used in order to deal with overcrowding.
# hospitals - Friday 3 February, 2017
# Patient Cancellations
# Patient Cancellations
In January, 467 surgeries were cancelled at Galway University Hospital alone – most were cancelled by patients.
# hospitals - Thursday 2 February, 2017
# Trolleywatch
# Trolleywatch
The figure of 601 is just short of the high of 612 patients on trolleys at the beginning of January.
# hospitals - Monday 30 January, 2017
# Reality Check
# Reality Check
We also ranked the fifth worst for getting value out of the money we put into our healthcare system.
# hospitals - Saturday 21 January, 2017
# Hospital Overcrowding
# Hospital Overcrowding
What do doctors and nurses want done to tackle hospital overcrowding and record numbers on trolleys? More beds, for starters.
# hospitals - Thursday 19 January, 2017
# Fatal
# Fatal
“There is still a significant amount of flu in our community … this is higher than it has been in a number of years.”
# hospitals - Monday 9 January, 2017
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
Simon Harris welcomed the news, but said more needs to be done.
# hospitals - Wednesday 4 January, 2017
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
He wants private hospital facilities to be used to help ease the pressure on emergency departments in public hospitals.
# Perfect Storm
# Perfect Storm
Siptu members said today that delays of between one and three hours have been observed across the country.
# Inside Irish Hospitals
# Inside Irish Hospitals
Over 600 people are still on trolleys in Ireland’s hospitals today, the second highest figure ever recorded.
# hospitals - Tuesday 3 January, 2017
# Health
# Health
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) says it sets a new record.
# hospitals - Monday 2 January, 2017
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
There was a huge surge in demand over the Christmas period.
# hospitals - Thursday 29 December, 2016
# Homeward Bound
# Homeward Bound
The HSE is hosting three open recruitment days for nurses and midwives in Dublin over the Christmas period.
# hospitals - Friday 2 December, 2016
# Trolley Watch
# Trolley Watch
While the numbers on trolleys is down 1% this year, figures for November were described as “particularly alarming”.
# hospitals - Sunday 6 November, 2016
# Waiting Times
# Waiting Times
“The patient doesn’t care who pays a salary or what title you have. People on the frontline need to be integrated in the decision making process.”
# hospitals - Wednesday 19 October, 2016
# Flu Epidemic
# Flu Epidemic
Simon Harris is considering the move, but said it wouldn’t be straightforward.
# hospitals - Tuesday 18 October, 2016
# AB Positive
# AB Positive
Blood donations in Ireland have fallen 21% in five years, and the IBTS is down to three days’ supply.
# hospitals - Friday 7 October, 2016
# New Global Study
# New Global Study
The most up-to-date analysis on the state of the world’s health has been published which will help identify national health challenges and priorities for intervention.
# hospitals - Wednesday 5 October, 2016
# Besieged
# Besieged
One of them twice.
# hospitals - Saturday 17 September, 2016
# The Long Wait
# The Long Wait
Two mothers talk to us about their fight to get treatment for their sons.
# hospitals - Tuesday 6 September, 2016
# Slow Recovery
# Slow Recovery
There’s a marked difference between Dublin and the rest of the country.
# hospitals - Saturday 3 September, 2016
# Hospital Food
# Hospital Food
Hiqa began a monitoring programme last year to look at nutrition and hydration care of patients in Irish hospitals.
# hospitals - Sunday 24 July, 2016
# Kate Granger
# Kate Granger
Dr Kate Granger had been battling cancer since 2011.
# hospitals - Thursday 7 July, 2016
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
There are more and more people on waiting lists – but are things as bad as Fianna Fáil claim?
# hospitals - Friday 27 May, 2016
# On The Menu
# On The Menu
A Hiqa study has found some deficiencies in patient choices.
# hospitals - Tuesday 26 April, 2016
# Column
# Column
Emer McGinnity writes about a recent stay in hospital, and the people she met there.
# hospitals - Tuesday 15 March, 2016
# Drop In Donations
# Drop In Donations
Additional clinics have been set up to receive donations.
# hospitals - Saturday 27 February, 2016
# Aggressive Patients
# Aggressive Patients
The recommendation was made only for extreme cases.
# hospitals - Wednesday 10 February, 2016
# Roles And Responsibilities
# Roles And Responsibilities
Four key tasks are to be carried out in future by nurses rather than junior doctors.
# hospitals - Monday 8 February, 2016
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
The minister said he accepted that overcrowding can also delay patient treatment.
# hospitals - Friday 22 January, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
Six young people were hospitalised after a house party in the south of Cork. The issue can no longer be ignored, writes Graham de Barra.
# hospitals - Wednesday 20 January, 2016
# Mater
# Mater
The Mater Hospital says it’s experiencing “very high numbers”.
# hospitals - Tuesday 5 January, 2016
# No Go
# No Go
Unless they’re really sick, that is.
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