The University Limerick Hospitals Group has said planned care is gradually being resumed across its five hospitals, after being suspended on 8 August to help ease overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick.
It added that outpatient clinics have resumed at all of the five hospitals - UHL and St John's in Limerick city, as well as Ennis, Nenagh and Croom hospitals.
The group said its plan allows for reductions in planned surgeries and care when there are significant surges through the UHL emergency department.
UHL has 54 patients waiting for admission to a bed, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
There are 28 in the emergency department and 26 patients on wards.
The HSE Trolley Gar figures put the overcrowding at UHL lower at 17 patients.
Since the suspension of services, overcrowding levels at UHL have eased.
The move to suspend planned surgeries, day case care and outpatient clinics in the region was recommended by a three-member support team appointed in April to find ways to ease pressures on services in the midwest region.
Their report is expected to be published soon by the HSE.
A separate report by former Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank Clarke into the death of 16-year old Aoife Johnston from meningitis after a 12-hour wait in the UHL emergency department in December 2022 and related matters is with the HSE and solicitors for the family and may also be published in a few weeks.
A third review by the Health Information and Quality Authority into emergency services in the midwest has commenced but is not expected to be completed until next summer.
It will also look at whether a second emergency department is needed in the region.
Meanwhile, the ULH Group has said that Noreen Spillane, Chief Operations Officer, UL Hospitals Group, is currently acting CEO.
