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There are plans for two major trauma centres to be established in Dublin and Cork

Ireland 'lagging behind' on trauma services

One of the leading emergency medicine specialists in Australia has warned that Ireland is "lagging behind" on trauma services.

Health • 13 Apr 18

Older trauma patients are less likely to be seen by a senior clinician

Audit highlights need for change in trauma services

A new report on major trauma says that services need to be reorganised to ensure that patients are brought to the right hospital, for the right treatment, at the right time.

Health • 31 Jan 18

RTÉ News went undercover to film in three hospitals to find out what conditions were like

Task force looks to private hospitals to ease crisis

The Emergency Department Task Force has agreed that more beds in private hospitals would be used to help ease the overcrowding crisis.

Health • 08 Jan 18

A spokesperson said the hospital was 'extremely busy'

CUH warns of emergency department delays

Management at Cork University Hospital has warned of delays for patients attending its emergency department today, with 200 people expected to present for treatment and for review throughout the day.

News • 30 Jan 17

Fergal Hickey said people will die due to ongoing overcrowding in hospitals

HSE accused of dysfunction over trolley crisis

A consultant in emergency medicine has accused the HSE of being seriously dysfunctional in its handling of the trolley situation in hospitals and warned that people will die as a result of overcrowding in emergency departments.

News • 17 Nov 16

Under the plan, overcrowding cannot exceed 236 patients on any single day

HSE Winter Initiative to see extra beds, homecare

The Health Service Executive's Winter Initiative plan will provide 55 extra acute beds at five hospitals which are suffering severe overcrowding.

News • 09 Sep 16

Over 531,890 patients are now waiting for to be seen at a clinic, or for inpatient treatment or a gastrointestinal check

Increase in number of patients awaiting treatment

There were 3,700 more patients waiting for inpatient, day case, outpatient treatment or other checks at hospitals across the country in August than the preceding month.

News • 08 Sep 16

The Emergency Department Task Force met earlier to review overcrowding situation

€40m 'Winter initiative' ED plan delayed

The planned announcement of a new €40m winter initiative to deal with emergency department overcrowding has been delayed until Friday.

News • 06 Sep 16

The Health Information and Quality Authority was notified of the case on Tuesday

101-year-old on trolley 'a human rights abuse'

A consultant in emergency medicine at Tallaght Hospital has said the 101-year-old woman who spent 26 hours on a trolley in its emergency department earlier this week, was subjected to horrendous conditions.

News • 08 Jun 15

The review includes a menu of options on how the Fair Deal scheme could be funded in the long term

Review of Fair Deal scheme to hit elderly

Elderly people who need long-term care could be asked to contribute considerably more to cover the cost of massive nursing home bills.

News • 03 Apr 15

The report says during 2014 emergency department trolley waiting times deteriorated for the first time in three years

New proposals to reduce hospital ED overcrowding

The draft report of the Emergency Department Task Force, seen by RTÉ News, has called for extra funding for the Fair Deal nursing home scheme, so that waiting times are no longer than four to six weeks.

News • 12 Mar 15

Leo Varadkar said there would be a media campaign to ensure people made use of minor injury units

Varadkar vows to tackle overcrowding

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has said efforts will be redoubled in the next couple of weeks to tackle overcrowding in hospital emergency departments.

News • 16 Feb 15

The Emergency Department Task Force plan is expected to be finalised in March

530 patients waiting as overcrowding increases

The level of overcrowding in emergency departments and elsewhere in hospitals has increased again with 530 patients waiting today.

News • 10 Feb 15

Beaumont's emergency department has experienced overcrowding in recent days

Forum to meet over emergency department issue

The Taoiseach has said the Emergency Department forum will meet next week to address overcrowding at Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital.

News • 16 Dec 14

The IMO says it is ensuring at all times that what it could provide is within the resources that are there

IMO will not set date on under-sixes free GP care

Chair of the General Practitioners' Committee of the Irish Medical Organisation has said it does not want to set dates on when the scheme for free GP care for under-sixes will be introduced.

News • 18 Nov 14

The old Emergency Department has long been the focus of controversy over overcrowding and cramped conditions

New Emergency Department for Mater Hospital

The Emergency Department at Dublin's Mater Hospital will close for a time this Sunday to enable services to be relocated to the new state-of-the-art facility.

News • 15 Feb 13

Emergency Department at Drogheda most crowded

For the second day in a row, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda has the country's highest number of patients in an Emergency Department waiting for admission.

News • 21 Nov 12

Drogheda tops trolley waiting list

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda was Ireland's most overcrowded Emergency Department today.

News • 17 Sep 12

HSE announces change at Nenagh emergency unit

All patients with emergency cardiology or medical problems will no longer be treated at Nenagh General Hospital from 17 September.

News • 06 Sep 12

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