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HIQA reports highlight need for safe-staffing levels in hospitals

HIQA reports published this week highlight the need for safe-staffing levels in Irish Hospitals the INMO has said. The union states that the level of...

HIQA report published following Portiuncula Hospital inspection

HIQA has published a report following an inspection of the Emergency Department, St Joseph’s ward and St Francis’s ward at Portiuncula University Hospital on...

UHG welcomes HIQA report publication following inspection

University Hospital Galway has welcomed the publication of a HIQA report on compliance with medical exposure to ionizing radiation regulations at the hospital. An announced...

HIQA inspections raise issues with two Galway nursing homes

Concerns were raised about issues at two Galway nursing homes in recent inspections by the Health Information and Quality Authority. The results of HIQA inspections...

Worst year on record for hospital overcrowding with UHG in top 3

Over 120,000 patients have gone without a bed in Irish hospitals in 2023 in what has been the worst year for hospital overcrowding on...

Tánaiste to officially open new Tuam Community Nursing Unit next month

Tánaiste Micheál Martin will visit Tuam for the official opening of the Joe & Helen O’Toole Community Nursing Unit and The Grove next month. The...

Over 500 on trolleys in UHG in July, but figures lower than recent years

UHG was the fifth most overcrowded hospital in Ireland this month, with more than 500 patients on trolleys in July. However, the figure of 541...

Long Covid could place significant burden on health service

Local Independent TD Denis Naughten has said that long Covid has the potential to place a significant burden on our healthcare services. He said that...

70 patients on trolleys at Galway hospitals today

Seventy people are without a bed today at University Hospital Galway and Portiuncula University Hospital according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives...

Loughrea Day Care service reopening next week

The St. Brendan's Day Care Service in Loughrea will reopen on a four day a week basis starting from next Monday, it has been...

Day services in Loughrea remain in limbo

Day Care nursing home services in Loughrea remain in limbo after closing during the pandemic, Galway TD Seán Canney has said. Deputy Canney said that...

Respite services at Merlin Park to be restored by August

Full respite services are expected to be restored at Merlin Park Community Nursing Unit by August of this year. Minister of State Mary Butler said...

UHG patients safety put at risk by inadequate staffing levels, say nurses

Over 96% of nurses and midwives at University Hospital Galway believe the levels of staffing and skill mix in their area are not appropriate,...

Shocking levels of overcrowding recorded at UHG in February

Almost 10,000 patients were forced to wait on trolleys in Irish hospitals during February, in what has been described as an "incredibly difficult month"...

Hospitals facing worst overcrowding since pandemic began

Ireland’s hospitals are more overcrowded than at any point over the last year, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has warned. Some 376 patients were...

Minister Donnelly must ‘correct statement’ about Covid outbreak at Galway nursing home

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has called on the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly to correct a statement he made about a Covid-19 outbreak...

Local nursing home breaches multiple health regulations

A nursing home near Ballinasloe was found to be non-compliant with 23 health regulations after a risk inspection was carried out by HIQA during...

Number of death notices in September ‘broadly in line’ with previous years – CSO

The CSO has said that the number of death notices in September this year is broadly in line with previous years' mortality statistics. This contrasts...

Coronavirus: 2 COVID-19 deaths, new Galway case reported

There have been two deaths related to COVID-19 reported in the Republic of Ireland today, along with nine new confirmed cases. There have now been...

Coronavirus: 44 more deaths reported as Galway cases rise again

Forty-four more people are confirmed to have died after being diagnosed with COVID-19 in the State. There were 631 more confirmed cases reported today across...

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