Emergency Department

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advice

Life Hack: How to avoid injuring yourself while doing DIY jobs at home

Don't cost yourself more in the long-term

<p>Some 23% of emergency department patients in University Hospital Limerick were still there more than 24 hours after registration, when the HSE target is 3%. Picture: Dan Linehan</p>

munster

'Mismatch' between patients and beds a continuous struggle for UHL

<p> Esther Groarke Powell, Clinical Midwife Manager in the Emergency Dept at the National Maternity Hospital Holles St. Photograph Moya Nolan</p>

health and wellbeing

Working Life: I go out at 6am... I tiptoe in around 10pm, when my boys are asleep

munster

Cork and Limerick hospitals apologise to patients for A&E delays

Official Opening of the Central Mental Hospital, Portrane

news

Health minister defends 'comprehensive' HSE winter plan, despite queues in A&Es

munster

UHL failures caused by limited nearby services, nursing shortages and ageing population

Peak of Covid impact on hospitals could be four weeks away

Unofficial modelling shared with the emergency department task force paints a bleak picture for the coming weeks, health professionals have warned

Thu, 31 Mar, 2022

Hiqa conducts inspection of overcrowded Limerick A&E

Inspectors 'looked specifically at the arrangements that are in place ahead of the bank holiday'

Tue, 15 Mar, 2022

'It's like the first week in January': High numbers attending A&Es nationwide

HSE chief operations officer Anne O’Connor: 'Hospitals are very busy, there are significant numbers attending emergency departments, far in excess of what we saw in 2020 and 2019'

Fri, 15 Oct, 2021

Derval O'Rourke: Join me on a 'run to Tokyo' to raise funds for CUH Children's Emergency Department

— and this bright summer slaw is just what you need for lunch

Sat, 31 Jul, 2021

Overcrowded A&E did not comply with infection control guidelines in non-Covid cases

Hospital had closed 38 beds due to renovations, Hiqa investigation reveals

Thu, 17 Dec, 2020

A day in the Emergency Department at CUH: Despite the promises, people are still waiting on trolleys

My dad fell and hurt his hip, not an uncommon occurrence for a frail 82-year-old. He didn't want a fuss, he didn't want to go to the doctor. “It'll be fine,” he insisted, but I wouldn't take no for an answer, writes David Forsyth

Wed, 03 Apr, 2019

'Lives are at risk' - Patients Association call for swift resolution to nurses dispute

The Irish Patients Association says patients lives are at risk if the proposed strike by nurses goes ahead at the end of the month.

Wed, 09 Jan, 2019

Harris: HSE to announce details of 'winter ready' clinics next week

Innovative measures will be taken to reduce pressure on emergency departments over Christmas and the New Year.

Mon, 26 Nov, 2018

Family: Brian shouldn’t have been left to die in ED

A man found dead in a hospital should not have been left to die in an emergency department waiting room, his family said yesterday.

Sun, 22 Apr, 2018

3000 people a year told they have cancer in busy A&E departments - Report

More than 3000 people a year find out they have cancer in A&E - that is 6 people a day.

Thu, 29 Mar, 2018

Siptu wants Hiqa to probe emergency department overcrowding

Siptu has demanded an investigation into the impact the emergency department overcrowding crisis is having on the safety of patients and staff.

Tue, 16 Jan, 2018

Big rise in numbers buying health insurance

The number of people securing health insurance increased by 30,000 in the past year, it has emerged.

Sun, 28 May, 2017

Crowded A&E's 'to stay' says leading professor of emergency medicine at CUH

A leading professor of emergency medicine at Cork University Hospital (CUH) has warned that overcrowding at the hospital's Emergency Department may never be resolved, writes Rob McNamara.

Tue, 02 May, 2017

Mother who held emergency department sit-in has cancer

A mother who hit the headlines when she stormed into a hospital emergency department (ED) and refused to leave before being properly diagnosed has just received the devastating news that she has cancer.

Tue, 21 Mar, 2017

Group reports increase in Emergency Dept patients, INMO calls figures 'catastrophic'

There has been an average 8.7% increase in the number of people attending hospital Emergency Departments in the six weeks to the middle of February.

Tue, 23 Feb, 2016

Emergency Department at Limerick hospital is "absolute hell" reveals whistleblower

The UL Hospitals Group, which oversees Limerick's three hospitals, has apologised to patients and admitted the city's Emergency Department at University Hospital Limerick is "not fit for purpose", after a whistleblower described conditions there as "absolute hell".

Sun, 21 Feb, 2016

Trolley crisis breaches agreed care standards as flu illness rates quadruple