Inspections of hospitals in Cork, Kerry and Tallaght found significant staffing shortages, the health quality watchdog has revealed
INSPECTIONS OF HOSPITALS in Cork, Kerry and Tallaght found significant staffing shortages and “gross overcrowding”, the health quality watchdog has revealed.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is calling for more unannounced inspections to be carried out, citing the “very real human impact” of unsafe staffing levels. There were no formalised arrangements to ensure 24/7 consultant oversight in the emergency department at the time of the inspection and the department had a significant shortfall on the rostered complement of nursing staff.Advertisement
The hospital had made progress in recruiting medical staff for the emergency department, Hiqa said, but unfilled nursing and healthcare assistant roles were impacting the department’s ability to be fully functional.
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