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# winter plan

This year
2023
Start talks with private hospitals now to avoid disastrous winter, INMO chief to tell Minister
A report by
Eimer McAuley
Medical organisations are to warn Donnelly that by December ‘it will be too late’.
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Sep 18th 2023, 12:01 AM
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2022
'Too early' to say if Covid-19 vaccines will become regular winter jab, says Henry
The HSE Winter Plan was launched last month.
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Nov 3rd 2022, 4:16 PM
All time
Government's winter health plan labelled 'inadequate' by doctors' group
The €77-million plan aims to increase bed capacity, but questions have been raised about whether there will be additional staff.
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Nov 15th 2021, 8:24 PM
Private hospitals will play a role in the event of a surge in Covid-19 hospitalisations, says HSE boss
Reid will tell the committee today that waiting lists have stabilised.
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Nov 11th 2020, 7:15 AM
Covid-19 pandemic causing major disruptions to critical mental health services, WHO finds
The HSE’s winter plan has been criticised for not allocating enough funding towards mental health.
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Oct 5th 2020, 12:06 PM
'They need to dramatically change their attitude': Concern that HSE will struggle to recruit for new beds
An additional 251 acute beds are to be opened in the last three months of 2020.
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Oct 5th 2020, 12:05 AM
'We're sleepwalking back to mass overcrowding': 221 patients on trolleys in Irish hospitals
The INMO has warned that overcrowding and Covid-19 make for a ‘toxic combination’.
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Sep 2nd 2020, 5:08 PM
HSE facing 'more challenging' peak season as it unveils €26 million Winter Plan
With hospital admissions already up on last year, the HSE said it expects a busy winter season.
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Nov 14th 2019, 1:24 PM
38 people have died so far this flu season as hospitalisations rise
There are 112 confirmed cases where people were admitted to critical care units over the flu.
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Feb 21st 2019, 7:30 PM
Meningitis: HSE expert says rate of uptake of vaccine boosters is 'very disappointing'
The HSE yesterday issued an initial warning after the deaths of three people.
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Jan 10th 2019, 5:30 PM
HSE wants to see patients as quickly as possible this winter - but admits it has no targets to do so
The executive published its €30m Winter Plan for 2018/19 today.
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Dec 6th 2018, 2:18 PM