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
Hospitals' €5.2m funding to facilitate longer opening hours

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.

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