Results 45,701-45,720 of 49,836 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Specifically in UHL?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It was in my opening statement.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I will check but my understanding is that it is whole-time equivalents. I might ask the officials to check.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: No, I would not. There are healthcare assistants, who I believe are healthcare professionals, and hospital porters, who I believe are healthcare professionals. There are other patient-supporting roles that I would say are healthcare workers. We will get the Deputy a full breakdown of the full 1,200.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is whole-time equivalents.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: To the best of my knowledge, the figures we use generally are whole-time equivalents but I will-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: We have that here. I will ask the officials to pull it out for me. It is in the briefing note.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes it is. I could not agree more with the Deputy's assessment. I agree entirely that it is one of the big enablers. It was called for in the Sláintecare report. Only this week, I brought the new e-health strategy to Government and it has been agreed. This year, we are starting with a patient app, which is being rolled out for testing to several hundred maternity patients in the...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes, nationwide. The third part, which is the electronic health record, will take much longer and we are doing it on a regional basis. This is where the record is integrated into the hospital and the GP so when someone comes into an emergency department, they pull up who the patient is and schedule him or her to go and see Dr. Murphy, who then schedules the patient for his or her scans, all...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: That will take time. The first place it will be delivered is the national children's hospital. That will be our first electronic health record fully digitised hospital. Then we will do it on a regional basis.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: We are going to finalise the terms of reference once we have-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: We are going to finalise them once we have the report from Mr. Justice Frank Clarke. As you will appreciate-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is due in the next few weeks. As you will appreciate, it is a very thorough-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: We can check the dates but I am expecting it in the next few weeks. I am sure the Deputy will agree that in setting the terms of reference for what is a very important report, we should be cognisant of whatever comes out of the report by Mr. Justice Frank Clarke. We are going to set those terms and then we will talk to HIQA about timing. On the political point, I understand why the Deputy...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The number of patients on trolleys was falling. This year, what we are seeing is a very significant reduction in patients on trolleys all over the country. In total contrast, UHL, completely on its own, has had a 40% increase. It is in response to this year's increase that I have asked HIQA to do this review.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I cannot do an extra half hour but maybe we can do an extra 15 minutes.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. Before we can say when the report will come back, we need to have the terms of reference. The terms of reference will determine the extent of the work that has to be done. I want to be sure that we incorporate what there is to be learned from retired Mr. Justice Frank Clarke's report. The process is that the report comes into the chief executive and I will have view of...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: In terms of any individual roles, which cannot currently be replaced by the embargo, what I would say is that I am aware of that. I speak to front-line clinicians on a regular basis who are saying it is making it harder, not every where but in some places, to run their services and I fully appreciate that. We are working to unwind the embargo. I never wanted to put it in place. It is only...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I think part of the rationale for the HIQA review is the fact that the mid-west region has grown. As colleagues will be aware, it is by a long way the smallest region when we look at the HSE regions. It is about half the size of the next smallest region. On the points Deputy Shortall was making that there are not the model three hospitals, we are looking at that. Part of the historic...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I am not sure Senator Gavan got the memo. I think he might have missed that bit. I think it might have to be put in Senator Gavan's pigeon hole.