Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 September 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Then I will put my questions to her, if she does not mind. If I need a response from someone else, I will ask for it.

I visited the hospital some time ago and we had a meeting, which Professor Lenehan attended as well, where we touched on some of these issues. Will Professor Cowan speak to us about any differential in the profile of the patients passing through the hospital's doors? Has the hospital more patients with a higher acute need or more older patients compared with other regions? If so, how can the hospital quantify that?

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