New Hospital Groupings

Sully

So today Reilly announced the new hospital groupings. He said no acute hospital will close as a result of the reorganisation of hospitals. The idea seems to be that the bigger hospitals will carry bigger surgeries, with smaller hospitals caring for the smaller treatments.

Following on from mass protests in Waterford, no acute services will be lost - it will retain cancer, cardiology and trauma services. It will become a major teaching hospital. Budget will be controlled by a separate board of management, consisting of equal representation for Waterford & Cork on the board and a CEO managing the board. That was the major focus on these groupings following the mass protests and campaigns. Sadly, it appears that the groups campaigning against the groupings are still not happy with today's announcement.

I think the idea of having major tasks being done in the bigger hospitals makes more sense and allowing smaller services to the smaller hospitals would benefit the community more. It seems like better use of resources and address the excess waste, to a degree, that is associated with the health service. The smaller hospitals are being told they wont be closed as they are essential to the grouping idea. Waterford looks to benefit from the teaching addition and the threat of closure and "mass loss of jobs" was addressed.

The new groups are;

DUBLIN NORTH EAST COMPOSITION

Beaumont; Our Lady of Lourdes, Drogheda, Connolly; Cavan General; Rotunda; Louth County; Monaghan

ACADEMIC PARTNER: RCSI

DUBLIN MIDLANDS COMPOSITION

St James's; The Adelaide and Meath (Tallaght) including the National Children's; Midlands Regional Tullamore; Naas General; Midlands Regional Portlaoise, the Coombe Women and Infant University Hospital

ACADEMIC PARTNER: Trinity

DUBLIN EAST COMPOSITION

Mater University; St Vincent's University, Midland Regional Mullingar; St Luke's General Kilkenny; Wexford General; National Maternity Hospital (Holles Street); Our Lady's Navan; St Columcille's; St Michael's Dun laoghaire; Cappagh National Orthopaedic, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear;

ACADEMIC PARTNER: UCD

SOUTH/SOUTH WEST COMPOSITION

Cork University; Waterford Regional; Kerry General; South Tipperary General; South Infirmary Victoria University; Bantry General; Mallow General; Lourdes Orthopaedic;

ACADEMIC PARTNER: UCC

WEST/NORTH WEST COMPOSITION

University Hospital Galway; Merlin Park University; Sligo Regional; Letterkenny General; Mayo General; Portiuncula; Roscommon County;

ACADEMIC PARTNER: NUIG

MIDWEST COMPOSITION

Mid Western Regional Limerick; Ennis General; Nenagh General; St John's Limerick; Mid Western Regional Maternity; Mid Western regional Orthapaedic

ACADEMIC PARTNER: UL

mike65

Ah you know the rule - opinion input required to get the ball rolling

Its got a whiff of the old health boards about it for me, subject to some reading.

Sully

mike65 wrote: »

Ah you know the rule - opinion input required to get the ball rolling

Its got a whiff of the old health boards about it for me, subject to some reading.

Done, posted to quickly.