Organisation: HSE West Forum

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‘Elderly ladies on trolleys had dignity taken away in A&E’

The A&E at University Hospital Limerick has been described as a ‘cattle mart’ where elderly female patients on trolleys are being robbed of their dignity.

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‘Crushing blow’ for hospital services

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Four HSE staff sacked for abuse of sick leave

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Plea for ‘no more delays’ in relation to publication of Savita death report

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Savita report ‘shows systems breakdown’

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€60m private hospital in Ennis gets go-ahead

HSE spends €2,600 weekly on hospital staff taxis

The HSE is spending over €2,600 per week on taxis ferrying staff between two hospitals in Limerick city.

Fri, 30 Nov, 2012

HSE €500k out of pocket as forms are left unsigned

The chair of the HSE West Forum has described as “absolutely outrageous” the failure of one consultant to sign forms that would release €500,000 to the cash-strapped HSE.

Tue, 02 Oct, 2012

Hospital’s €15m extension lies idle as HSE faces dispute over staffing

A €15m extension at Ennis General Hospital lies idle today over a dispute concerning staffing levels between the HSE and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).

Wed, 05 Sep, 2012

Cut Viagra access to save HSE cash, says councillor

A senior member of the HSE West Forum has urged dampening the sex life of couples on medical cards in order to addressing the HSE’s €500m shortfall for the year.

Tue, 17 Jul, 2012

Patients hide in bushes to evade smoking ban

Patients dressed in pyjamas at a smoke-free hospital campus are hiding behind trees and bushes to smoke, chairman of the HSE West Forum has said.

Wed, 23 May, 2012

HSE survey reveals two worst performing hospitals

Galway University Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda are the two worst performing hospitals in the country, according to a HSE survey.

Tue, 03 Apr, 2012

Streamlining HSE chaplaincy spend could yield savings

The HSE could make huge savings if it streamlined payments made to priests providing chaplaincy services across its acute hospital network in the West.

Tue, 14 Feb, 2012

HSE spend on erectile dysfunction drugs up 8% to €6.3m

The HSE spent €6.3m on Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs in 2010 — an increase of 8% of the year before.

Tue, 24 Jan, 2012

Probe into patient files dumped in Galway bog

AN investigation has been launched after patient documents from a hospital in Sligo were found dumped in a bog in Co Galway.

Fri, 26 Aug, 2011

Calls for change after Galway branded country’s worst performing hospital

THE director of operations for Health Executive Service (HSE) West, John Hennessy, yesterday called for the criteria in which acute hospitals are evaluated through the HSE Healthstat system to be changed.

Tue, 31 May, 2011

‘No money’ for health services reconfiguration

THE Health Service Executive’s assistant national director for finance, Liam Minihan, has stated that there is no more money available for the reconfiguration of health services in the mid-west.

Thu, 26 May, 2011

HSE: Future is secure for Ennis General hospital

“THERE is no issue around the future of Ennis General and its future is secure.”

Wed, 23 Feb, 2011

Concern as patients face 29-day wait for colonoscopy

THE numbers of patients waiting more than 29 days for urgent colonoscopies at the mid-west’s largest hospital “is a cause of serious concern”.

Thu, 02 Sep, 2010

Number of health workers retiring up 53%

THE numbers of Health Service Executive workers who retired in the mid-west last year increased by 53% to 292.

Thu, 25 Mar, 2010