Study highlights the scale of unnecessary attendances at EDs 

Many people who present themselves as patients to emergency departments could be treated elsewhere if more alternative facilities were made available and if there was greater knowledge of those that already exist.

Up to a third of people attending the country's emergency departments with non-emergency conditions do not need to be there according to a new study led by the University of Limerick.

Furthermore many could have been treated elsewhere if more alternative facilities were made available and if there was greater knowledge of those that already exist.