Patients to be treated at private hospital in HSE plan to ease UHL overcrowding

The plan would see some patients at UHL treated and cared for at the €213m private Bon Secours Hospital Limerick which opened in September 2024 

Overcrowding issues are ongoing at University Hospital Limerick. Picture: Dan Linehan

The HSE is in negotiations with a private hospital in an attempt to tackle patient overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick (UHL).

The plan would see some patients at UHL treated and cared for at the €213m private Bon Secours Hospital Limerick (BSL), which opened in September 2024 and is presently expanding its services.