Limerick hospital group defends record on time taken to discharge patients

The UL Hospitals Group has defended its record on the time it takes it to discharge patients, by producing statistics which show it is the best performing hospital group in the country, of four or more hospitals, for rates of delayed discharge care.

The hospital is consistently the most overcrowded in the country, however management say they do not have enough bed capacity to deal with their catchment of around 400,000.