Hospitals' €5.2m funding to facilitate longer opening hours

Creation of more than 7,000 additional patient slots across three sites is hoped to ease pressure on University Hospital Limerick

The medical assessment unit at Nenagh Hospital will open on a seven-day basis 'from this weekend'.

The UL Hospitals Group has been given funding of €5.2m to support longer opening hours for medical assessment units (MAU) at hospitals in Limerick, North Tipperary, and Clare.

This means the units at Nenagh Hospital and St John’s will open on a seven-day-a-week basis “from this weekend”, CEO Colette Cowan said today.