Hospital discharges up despite funding cuts

Activity in Irish hospitals continues to increase despite constraints in funding in recent years, according to a report from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).

The report shows that more people are being treated and the average length of stay has fallen.

Last year, there were more than 1.54m discharges from the country’s acute public hospitals, compared to 1.47m in 2011, an increase of 4.8%.