HSE to roll out ‘safe and efficient’ alternative as system struggles with demand for beds
University Hospital Limerick
Figures emerge amid increased scrutiny of hospital’s safety record following Aoife Johnston case
Meeting on impact of recruitment freeze told compensatory rest payments are now ‘embedded in the system’
HSE says only a third of consultants at Limerick hospital are working on new contractual terms put in place last year
Increased overcrowding at UHL, despite increased staff and budget, has been a source of controversy
Dr Muiris Houston: University Hospital Limerick has been a black spot for many years, while Beaumont is a good example of how a hospital can turn things around
The college student, in her 20s, had been visiting the site on Saturday
Another week, another damning report on the overcrowded Limerick hospital
Hiqa says that despite improvements patients in emergency department of UHL are still at risk of harm
INMO says 102 patients were on trolleys and in wards awaiting beds on Wednesday, although this was down 21 on the previous morning
Work to begin immediately on devising actions designed to ease crowding and pressures in hospital and HSE’s Mid West region
The inquest into the 16-year-old’s death in December 2022 heard harrowing details of an emergency department that simply could not function
Aoife Johnston death: ‘Only a matter of time before there is another tragedy’ at UHL, warns local GP
Dr Yvonne Williams of Shannon Medical Centre said that trust in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick had been eroded
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