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

Professor Colette Cowan:

We are looking at the efficiency of theatres in UHL. As we hire consultants, which will be great, there will be a knock-on effect of them needing additional staff and theatre suites from which to operate. As the Deputy will see from our waiting list information, we use five initiatives and outsource a great deal of work. We have 13 old theatre suites, which are at maximum capacity all of the time. As we hire more consultants, especially surgeons, I imagine-----

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