An increase of only four patients per day to the a&e unit at Limerick Regional Hospital has been recorded since the closure last month of 24-hour A&E services at Ennis and Nenagh.
According to the HSE, an audit of the A&E operation at Limerick constituted “an effective rebuttal of charges that the service would be swamped following the ending of emergency care at Ennis and Nenagh”. The HSE ended 24-hour A&E services at Ennis and Nenagh general hospitals on April 6th, with the emergency departments remaining closed between 8pm and 8am.
The HSE audit found that the A&E service had an additional seven patients per night between 8pm and 8am since April 6th. The figures show that there has been a 17 per cent increase in self- referrals from Clare to Limerick when the A&E at Ennis is open. This is believed to be related to the damning conclusions of a recent Health Information and Quality Authority report on services at Ennis hospital.
An increase of only four patients per day to the a&e unit at Limerick Regional Hospital has been recorded since the closure last month of 24-hour A&E services at Ennis and Nenagh.
According to the HSE, an audit of the A&E operation at Limerick constituted “an effective rebuttal of charges that the service would be swamped following the ending of emergency care at Ennis and Nenagh”. The HSE ended 24-hour A&E services at Ennis and Nenagh general hospitals on April 6th, with the emergency departments remaining closed between 8pm and 8am.
The HSE audit found that the A&E service had an additional seven patients per night between 8pm and 8am since April 6th. The figures show that there has been a 17 per cent increase in self- referrals from Clare to Limerick when the A&E at Ennis is open. This is believed to be related to the damning conclusions of a recent Health Information and Quality Authority report on services at Ennis hospital.
Up to 30 people in Shannon and Limerick are facing redundancy as a result of courier firm DHL's national cutbacks.
It emerged on Thursday that DHL were to axe 320 jobs nationwide as it bids to scale back its packaging service in Ireland. Staff at its Limerick branch in the Galvone Industrial Estate have been told that 33 redundancies are to be sought between its warehousing base here, and in Shannon.
However, the courier company yesterday agreed to enter a process with SIPTU to look at cost-saving measures on a depot by depot basis that might avert some planned closures and reduce redundancies in the Republic.
An increase of only four patients per day to the a&e unit at Limerick Regional Hospital has been recorded since the closure last month of 24-hour A&E services at Ennis and Nenagh.
