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Missed outpatient appointments cost Galway and Roscommon hospitals €3m last year
Last year almost 40,000 patients did not attend appointments or notify the hospitals in the Galway and Roscommon University Hospital Group that they could not attend in advance. This cost the hospital group over €3 million in lost time preparing for appointments for patients who did not turn up.
No action against Savita carers until HIQA report
The board of the Galway and Roscommon University Hospital Group are awaiting the publication of the HIQA report into the death of Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital Galway (UHG) in October last year before a decision will be made as to what action, if any, will be taken against clinicians charged with her care.
Mixed news for local hospitals in new group
Roscommon Hospital is to gain a rehabilitation unit, while there are fears that Portiuncula Hospital’s maternity unit may be under threat, after the hospitals become part of a new group announced by the Minister for Health on Tuesday.
Fifty-bed extension approved for Portiuncula
Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe is to benefit from 50 new replacement beds, after plans for an extension ward came through the first stage of approval.
Significant rise in new breast cancer cases diagnosed at Galway Unit
There has been a significant increase in the number of new breast cancer cases diagnosed at the Symptomatic Breast Unit at Galway University Hospitals, according to a new report, just launched.
Almost ninety per cent of Portiuncula A&E patients discharged within six hours in one month last year
Almost nine out of 10 patients who attended Portiuncula Hospital’s emergency department in December were “seen” and discharged within six hours.
Sick visitors urged not to visit UHG
People who have had diarrhoea or vomiting recently are urged not to visit University Hospital Galway in a bid to keep the winter vomiting virus out of the facility.
New hospital group clears waiting list of almost 14,000 inpatients in nine months
The hospital group responsible for running public hospitals in Galway and Roscommon has cleared a waiting list of almost 14,000 inpatients over a nine month period.
New clinic reduces orthopaedic outpatient waiting list by over a year
An outpatient waiting list for orthopaedic procedures at Galway University Hospitals has been reduced by 55 weeks since a new musculoskeletal clinic was set up at Merlin Park Hospital.
Galway and Roscommon University Hospital Group to tackle absenteeism
The Galway and Roscommon University Hospital Group is taking a multi-faceted approach to tackling absenteeism with a focus on maximising attendance, providing supportive structures for staff who, either as a result of the working environment or in the course of natural life events, become ill, and by addressing any inappropriate use of sick leave schemes.
