Nothing will improve at UHL without a problem-solving culture

News again this week that UHL's A&E appears to be 'out of control' won't cause any surprise - but it will cause stress and worry for thousands of vulnerable patients, writes Siobhain Danaher

Protesters taking part in the UHL Midwest Hospital Campaign against overcrowding at St John's Hospital recently. File picture: Brendan Gleeson

The latest news from an “out of control” University Hospital Limerick, as reported by Niamh Griffin in Wednesday’s Irish Examiner, will have caused anxiety for thousands of patients and their families throughout the Mid-West. 

The circumstances described are familiar to anyone who has ever attended the hospital’s A&E.