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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.
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We have a major emergency plan for serious incidents, so let’s see how it would work.
The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine says emergency wards are already stretched, and it’ll get worse in July…
Tablet devices for nurses and electronic medical records – just some of the ideas showcased at a digital healthcare gathering in Dublin yesterday.
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today…
Hospitals are now going to be divided into one of six groups around the country.
Insurance companies are worried about the decline in young people enrolling as the costs of insuring those over 60 are considerably higher.
Liam Doran says he doesn’t pay attention to newspaper commentary suggesting he regularly threatens industrial action.
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.
The INMO is to hold its annual conference tomorrow, and its general secretary said he expects “lively debate” at the event.
HIQA inspectors identified a number of specific issues that present “immediate serious risks” to patients.
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.
Older people are more likely to spend more nights in hospital and to visit the GP, a TILDA study found.
Department of Health figures show people still waiting over a year for inpatient procedures – well past an original deadline.
The score is the first of the National Clinical Guidelines, and sets out how to recognise and respond to patients whose condition is deteriorating.
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.
Sinn Féin has demanded an explanation as to why emergency wards in Kilkenny and Wexford had upgrades ‘fast-tracked’.
The opposition lashes out as RTÉ’s This Week obtains documents showing upgrades in Kilkenny and Wexford were fast-tracked.
The Government is desperate to avoid “abortion on demand”, writes Sarah McCarthy – but in reality, women should be trusted to make the choice.
Restrictions are still place in Limerick and Cavan though the number of reported cases have significantly declined.
Independent TD Denis Naughten said today that there is a need for the establishment of a national helicopter emergency service.
The outstanding money is a result of private patients being treated in public beds.
The organisation said that nursing staffing levels in Ireland are at “critically low levels” compared to the UK.
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.
An audit by the HSE shows the Mater private hospital in Dublin had the highest rate of compliance with hand hygiene.
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.
An outbreak of the winter vomiting bug means the hospital has introduced visiting restrictions, including to emergency wards.
Dr James Reilly, Minister for Health, said that hospitals have achieved success in reaching a target list for inpatient and day case treatments.
Consultants may also have to work weekends under the terms of the new deal.
A Tokyo hospital is checking the qualifications of all staff after it emerged an unqualified bluffer had dealt with thousands of patients.
The HSE has produced a report which proposes getting rid of all agency staff in three hospitals – but the plan has drawn harsh criticism.
A Dublin TD has said that reduction in ambulance services in Dublin could put lives at risk.
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.
New figures show that there were almost 10,000 fewer people on trolleys so far this year.
The latest HSE performance report evaluates hospitals’ discharge and admission rates, as well as response times and lengths of stay.
A total of 806 people have been waiting more than four years for consultant appointments…
If Tallaght can change procedures within three days to cut waiting times, the IAEM says, so can other hospitals.
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.