Midwest Hospital Campagin

Dad11

Hi all,

Just letting users in the Limerick region a new hospital campaign is being launched in next few days to bring back A&E services to St Johns Hospital Limerick and other hospitals in Midwest check this link to follow their Twitter Account for more https://twitter.com/HospitalMidwest

NewClareman

Dad11 wrote: »

Hi all,

Just letting users in the Limerick region a new hospital campaign is being launched in next few days to bring back A&E services to St Johns Hospital Limerick and other hospitals in Midwest check this link to follow their Twitter Account for more https://twitter.com/HospitalMidwest

I think this is an extremely backward step. If successful, it would mean A&E services without the full range of equipment/skills necessary. It would be far better to campaign for local clinics that could deal with minor issues, without clogging up the A&E in UHL. Use the other hospitals as step down facilities to free beds in UCH for those who need them.

banie01

+1 on New Claremans point.

Enhanced GP services, full use of primary care centres, enabling, funding and above all raising public awareness of the local injury units and above all this an integrated and well funded Helicopter Emergency Medicine Service to ensure timely transport of critically ill patients to a fully resourced emergency medicine centre.
Consolidated emergency centres provide the best patient outcomes.
Well staffed with ongoing training that is not affordable on a distributed basis.

A larger focus on ensuring primary care and minor injuries are not directed Emergency Departments nationwide, not just in the Midwest will do far more to alleviate A+E overcrowding than throwing staff and money at dispersing A+E trauma care to multiple locales.

TLDR;
Greater focus on care in the community and 1st point of contact.
With secondary focus on raising PHEC and a full consultant led HEM service.
Not piecemeal reopening of A+Es in local hospitals.

Miike

banie01 wrote: »

+1 on New Claremans point.

Enhanced GP services, full use of primary care centres, enabling, funding and above all raising public awareness of the local injury units and above all this an integrated and well funded Helicopter Emergency Medicine Service to ensure timely transport of critically ill patients to a fully resourced emergency medicine centre.
Consolidated emergency centres provide the best patient outcomes.
Well staffed with ongoing training that is not affordable on a distributed basis.

A larger focus on ensuring primary care and minor injuries are not directed Emergency Departments nationwide, not just in the Midwest will do far more to alleviate A+E overcrowding than throwing staff and money at dispersing A+E trauma care to multiple locales.

TLDR;
Greater focus on care in the community and 1st point of contact.
With secondary focus on raising PHEC and a full consultant led HEM service.
Not piecemeal reopening of A+Es in local hospitals.

Not to detract too much from the points you put forward but we can't shift more people into GP services unless the output of qualified GP's increases tenfold. Some interesting reading: https://twitter.com/Eastcorkclinsoc/status/1163036266159644673
Our GP services are under immense pressure and simply wouldn't be able to cope or deliver a safe service if the problems in that thread aren't adequately addressed. Our entire health service from primary to tertiary level care is on its knees