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Portiuncula Hospital and CHW formally launch ‘Patient Communications Passport’
Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) and Community Healthcare West (Galway, Mayo and Roscommon) are delighted to introduce the new ‘Getting to know what matters to me’ Communication Passport for people living with dementia.
Hospital consultants warn that patient health in the west and northwest at risk due to excessive treatment delays
A growing shortage of acute hospital beds across the region is resulting in waiting lists for essential treatment and impacting on patient outcomes, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has warned this week.
Local hospitals public in-patient charges formally abolished by Minister for Health
THE Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, has announced that, with effect from Monday of this week, public inpatient charges have been abolished in all public hospitals, including Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe and the Midland Regional Hospitals in Mullingar and Tullamore.
Most patients seeking in-patient mental health care are admitted on same day, Health Forum is told
Most patients requiring in-patient mental health care are admitted to the acute adult mental health unit in Galway on the day they “need to be admitted”, HSE West management confirmed this week.
I should have been told about oxygenation benefits, says cancer suffering patient
Hyperbaric oxygenation can remove complications if patients are made aware of its availability, a west of Ireland woman has claimed.
Patient Advocacy Service offers support to people living in Midlands region
A newly established Patient Advocacy Service is offering support to people in the Midlands region (Westmeath, Offaly, Laois) who want to make a complaint about the care they have received in a public hospital.
Patient Advocacy Service offers support to people in Galway
A newly established Patient Advocacy Service is offering support to people in the Galway area who want to make a complaint about the care they have received in a public hospital.
New out-patient department to open at Portiuncula Hospital in mid-March
Local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, has received confirmation that the new out-patient department at Portiuncula hospital will open on March 12, which will provide the opportunity to replace beds lost due to Covid-19 reconfiguration.
Patient numbers on trolleys have doubled in a decade
The numbers of patients waiting on trolleys at the emergency department of University Hospital Galway during March this year more than doubled when compared with the same month 10 years ago.
Cancelled surgeries will have knock-on effect on waiting times – Chambers
Fianna Fáil General Election candidate for Mayo Cllr Lisa Chambers says the cancellation of all elective surgery at Mayo General Hospital this week will have major knock-on effects on patient waiting times. Hospital management were forced to cancel procedures due to the increase in the number of people on trolleys in the emergency department.
