Health and social care regulator publishes terms of reference of new review into emergency department services in midwest region
will report to the Government next summer on whether emergency department services in the midwest should continue to be centralised atHiqa was asked to consider the case for a second ED within the region given population changes and pressures on the existing ED at UHL, which has experienced wide-scale overcrowding over recent years.
It said in 2020-2021 a new ED as well as a critical care block and 98 new beds were provided at UHL. A further 96 bed block was currently in advanced stages of construction, and a second 96-bed block was also at an early stage of development. Additional beds were earmarked for the hospital under a Government expansion plan announced earlier this year, it added.
The new Hiqa review will consider the recommendations of the report carried out by former chief justice Frank Clarke into the circumstances surrounding the“The review will determine current evidence-based best practice in the design and delivery of urgent and emergency care services, as applied on a population-wide basis within comparable health services.” Hiqa said.
Hiqa said an independent expert evaluation of current and projected population demand for urgent and emergency healthcare services in the midwest region would also be undertaken.Hiqa to advise Government next summer on whether additional ED department needed in midwest
Health-Service-Executive-Hse University-Hospital-Limerick Stephen-Donnelly
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