UL hospital group had more than 130,000 cancelled appointments during pandemic

Almost 600 appointments were cancelled as the hospital had “no bed” for the patient in question.

University Hospital Limerick saw the highest number of inpatient cancellations (6,830) and outpatient cancellations (75,302) across the hospital group in 2020 and 2021. File picture: Dan Linehan

Almost 120,000 outpatient appointments and 13,000 inpatient appointments were cancelled in hospitals across the University of Limerick (UL) Hospital Group over a two-year period.

The UL Hospital Group is made up of six hospital sites in the Midwest; University Hospital Limerick (UHL), University Maternity Hospital Limerick (UMHL), Ennis Hospital, Nenagh Hospital, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital and St John's Hospital Limerick.