Hospital bed occupancy for January and February exceeded best-practice limit, HSE says
“In January and February, we had this mix of illnesses that were respiratory and contagious. In those circumstances, it’s very difficult to contain outbreaks,” he said – adding that international best practice was that hospitals should seek to keep bed occupancy lower than about 85 per cent. “We’re operating way, way outside of that and have been for some time”.
In terms of capacity, the HSE said that in 2019, there were a total of 10,956 inpatient beds used on average, which grew to 11,578 in 2022, not including beds closed for upgrade or infection control or other reasons. Two hospital groups around the country were over 100 per cent bed occupancy for the period – UL Hospitals group, at 103.1 per cent, and Saolta University Health Care Group, at 105 per cent.
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