46,400 people waiting for hospital treatment
Waiting times for treatment have risen sharply since last year.
View ArticleElderly patients forced to ‘wait on floor’ at Galway hospital
Labour TD to meet University Hospital Galway chief today to discuss overcrowding complaints at emergency department.
View ArticleSome non-critical facilities to be moved from Galway hospital
Services within the HSE West hospital structure are to be re-balanced in a bid to reduce waiting times at University Hospital Galway, with some non-critical facilities to be moved within the month.
View Article“Majority” of hospitals have cut 1-year waiting times for patients
The Minister told the Dáil that he was determined to address the issues causing unacceptable delays for hospital patients.
View ArticleHSE: 178,000 waiting to see a consultant at an outpatient clinic
The Health Minister has said the number of people on waiting lists to see specialists is “utterly unacceptable”.
View ArticleTop performing hospitals, levels of absenteeism – HSE figures revealed
The latest HSE performance report evaluates hospitals’ discharge and admission rates, as well as response times and lengths of stay.
View ArticleTwo Limerick hospitals account for 60pc of outpatients waiting over four years
In total, 9,784 outpatients throughout the country have been waiting over four years to see a consultant.
View Article12-month figures show near 30pc drop in patients waiting nine months
The latest figures from the patient treatment register have shown a drop of nearly 30 per cent in patients waiting more than nine months, when compared with March 2012.
View ArticleContactless payments to cut the time you spend in a queue
With 6,000 of the terminals now in Ireland, the 11.2 minutes that people spend queuing on a daily basis looks set to drop.
View ArticleHSE’s 2014 acute cuts criticised as “unsustainable”
The plan sets out a target of having 95 per cent of all people at Emergency Departments discharged or admitted within six hours of registration.
View ArticleAppealing a social welfare decision? Sit tight, it’ll be a while
The average waiting time for a summary decision is seven months.
View ArticleIrish hospitals aren’t the only ones dealing with an overcrowding crisis
It’s a very similar story in England.
View ArticleHSE moving some patients to nursing homes to free up beds
Some patients who have ‘delayed discharge’ are being moved to free nursing home beds.
View ArticleLeinster has longest GP waiting times for patients while Munster has shortest
The average waiting time for a GP has soared from just under 10 hours in 2010 to over 34 hours.
View ArticleOne of Dublin city’s main hospitals is telling emergency patients to stay away
The Mater Hospital says it’s experiencing “very high numbers”.
View ArticleWaiting times for social welfare payments vary from one week to 40 weeks
As of 30 September, the average waiting time to receive a carer’s allowance was about nine months.
View ArticleThe doctor revamping emergency departments in the US has some advice for...
“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.”
View Article'This is a huge scandal': Children with scoliosis deteriorating as waiting...
The Scoliosis Advocacy Network wants an independent inquiry into the situation, as some children wait for over two years for appointments.
View ArticleChild therapy provider says pressure on funding is 'intense' and becoming...
CARI has said children suffering from sexual abuse may have to wait up to 18 months for therapy, unless funding is increased.
View ArticleElderly woman spends 15 hours on hospital trolley
The woman, believed to be 103, finally got a bed this morning.
View ArticleHSE halves long-term waiting lists, but 1,700 people still waiting 18 months...
Simon Harris welcomed the news, but said more needs to be done.
View Article'I see my daughter crying in pain, her body bending over. We can't wait two...
More than 230 children and adolescents are waiting for spinal procedures in Irish hospitals – some for over 18 months.
View ArticleTeen who revealed scoliosis pain on Late Late Show has surgery delayed AGAIN
Megan Halvey-Ryan was due to have surgery at Our Ladies in Crumlin next week
View Article'Children are eating paracetamol to get through the day, afraid of ending up...
No child should have to wait longer than four months to receive necessary scoliosis surgery, according to a new report.
View Article'The damage is done, a piece of his spine will have to be removed'
Tommy Long is one of over 200 children waiting for scoliosis surgery in Ireland.
View Article'It's totally unacceptable': Over 650 children left on hospital trolleys so...
Over 1,000 children are expected to wait for a bed this year.
View ArticleThe government vowed to stop it, but 10,000 elderly people had to wait in A&E...
The HSE’s Service Plan for 2017 set a target that anyone aged 75 years and over entering an ED would be discharged or admitted within 24 hours.
View ArticlePatients at A&E should be either admitted or discharged within six hours, not...
Peadar Gilligan made his inaugural address as president of the Irish Medical Organisation at the group’s AGM in Killarney this evening.
View ArticleSecurity called after people refuse to leave Dublin driving licence centre...
People had queued for up to two hours to try to secure an appointment to apply for a driving licence before the centre closed.
View ArticleDriving test waiting times drop - but some learners still waiting months
The average wait is nearly 12 weeks but some learners have waited much longer to hear about their test date.
View ArticleMore staff and more capacity to reduce waiting times for children with scoliosis
The Children’s Hospital Group says the progress made for these children needs to be continued.
View ArticleNo ambulance for 18-month-old baby who stopped breathing and started turning...
After almost 30 minutes of waiting, the baby’s father called back and said he would drive his daughter to the hospital himself.
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