Doctors’ fury over advertisement on ending of 24-hour A&E

A GP group in the mid-west has expressed outrage over a HSE advert announcing its plans to end 24-hour A&E services at Nenagh General Hospital.

The transfer of A&E services from both Ennis and Nenagh to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick has been opposed by the Clare and North Tipperary GP committee.

In the advert, running in the Nenagh Guardian, the HSE states that Nenagh A&E is open from 8am to 8pm, and patients can only be admitted outside of those hours, if pre-arranged through their GP.