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L to r: Professors Javadpour and O’Brien talk to IMT Editor Terence Cosgrave during IMT’s first ever podcast. Pic: Paul Sherwood
Mater not the right choice as Major Trauma Centre
The Health Minister’s proposed site for a major trauma centre is not based on international best practice.
Prof Mohsen Javadpour, Consultant Neurosurgeon at the National Neurosurgical Centre and
Prof Donncha O’Brien argue that the decision to locate the Centre outside of the main neurosurgical Centre in Beaumont is wrong
On April 27, 2021, the Minister for Health announced the implementation of the national trauma system in Ireland. Minister Donnelly announced the Mater Hospital as the designated major trauma centre for the central trauma network.
Sites suitable for building high volume low acuity elective care centres sought
Consultation process underway on Sláintecare elective ambulatory care
Submissions from owners of sites suitable for the construction of elective-only centres in the Cork, Dublin and Galway metropolitan areas are being sought by the Department of Health by 1pm on May 31, 2021.
The call for submissions extends to sites in Health Service Executive (HSE) or healthcare ownership, sites in other public sector ownership, as well as privately-owned sites.
The newly elective-ambulatory facilities in Galway, Cork and Dublin are to be expressly designed to deal with the high volume and low complexity procedures on the basis of day-patients and outpatients.
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Mr Kenneth Mealy, Co-Lead of the National Clinical Programme for Surgery and Chair of the Board of the National Office of Clinical Audit. Pic: Patrick Bolger
‘More questions than answers’ as NOCA reveals inpatient waiting list doubled during pandemic
Data unveiled at National Healthcare Outcomes Conference also highlight decrease in amount of hospital discharges
The Chair of the National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA),
Mr Kenneth Mealy, has admitted there are ‘more questions than answers’ after new figures revealed the number of patients waiting longer than nine months for inpatient or day case treatment soared by 111.1 per cent.
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