Results 1-20 of 194 for sligo speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (13 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to contact Letterkenny University Hospital to understand exactly from the hospital's perspective what it is that it is looking at. At the moment there is an outreach service for neurology into Sligo. The service is operated by three neurology consultants. There is a wider team of clinical and social care staff. The diagnostic work-ups and treatment are delivered from Sligo at the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (13 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...delay can be managed down to just a matter of weeks. This is not about the denial of any service. The service is being provided but, as the Deputy reasonably pointed out, it is a long way to Sligo University Hospital for many people living in Donegal. The review is nearly complete. Let us get the review and see what it recommends. It may recommend a neurology post or two in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (30 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Sligo University Hospital is recognised in providing significant cardiac services. This is further recognised through recent investment, which includes the provision of a second CT scanner in undertaking cardiac diagnostics. The consideration of the National Review is an ongoing process. The recommendations of the review will inform the future provision of cardiac services nationally.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...a reduction in the overall number of patients on waiting lists while three of the four overarching targets in the Plan are specifically focused on improving waiting times. There are 341 patients on the Sligo University Hospital Outpatient (OPD) Pain Relief waiting list. Of these, 78% are waiting 6 months or less and 94% are waiting 12 months or less. There are 107 patients on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (21 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...the midwife-led supported care pathway. Each maternity service now has a lactation consultant and a bereavement team. Postnatal hubs have been established in Kilkenny, Kerry, Cork, Portiuncula, and in Sligo with funding provided for two more additional hubs in 2024. These hubs are providing postnatal care within the community; a priority identified by women in the National Maternity...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...falling. In Galway, Mayo and Roscommon, people sent by their GP to see a urologist were waiting two years for their first appointment. They are now not waiting two years; they are waiting five weeks. In Sligo, women sent by their GP to see a gynaecologist were having to wait for four years to see the gynaecologist. They are now waiting four weeks. Nearly 180,000 more patients were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Advertising (14 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Publication ANGLO CELT IRISH INDEPENDENT - SEACHTAIN ROSCOMMON PEOPLE ATHLONE ADVERTISER IRISH INDEPENDENT 0% RTE GUIDE ATHLONE TOPIC IRISH MIRROR SLIGO CHAMPION BRAY PEOPLE IRISH TIMES SLIGO WEEKENDER CARLOW NATIONALIST IRISH TIMES MAGAZINE ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Hospital17/02/2022 University Hospital Galway 04/03/2022 National Maternity Hospital07/03/2022 St. Luke's Kilkenny 22/04/2022 Wexford General Hospital 22/04/2022 Ely Hospital 22/04/2022 Sligo University Hospital 06/05/2022 National Maternity Hospital12/05/2022 Mercy University Hospital 26/05/2022 Cork University Hospital 27/05/2022 University Hospital Kerry 03/06/2022 ...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...healthcare workers. The impact that these services are having cannot be underestimated. I will give colleagues just one quick example. I recently opened the 16th see-and-treat gynaecology clinic in the country in Sligo. There are five more such clinics to come, which will mean that we will have 21 in total. Up to that point, women referred for an outpatient gynaecology appointment in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Apr 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...PSC the project is eligible for prioritisation and inclusion on the HSE capital plan, subject to the level of funding. There are a number of infrastructure improvements included on the Capital Plan for Sligo University Hospital, including a 42 bed ward development and installation of a second CT scanner. Audiology service infrastructure is currently not included on the Capital Plan. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...290 115 405 Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital 799 311 55 13 1,178 Sligo University Hospital 181 84 29 13 307 SmallVolHospitals 2 2 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: .... Sites yet to go live are at various stages of completing data sharing agreements. Sites already live with HPVP Sites yet to go Live with HPVP 1 Sligo CHI 2 Mayo Cappagh 3 Letterkenny Mater 4 Mullingar Tallaght ...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Hospital Services (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...is how we are going to fund the consultant posts, given how many are being hired and how quickly it is happening. We now have almost 2,000 consultants on the new public-only contract. I visited Sligo University Hospital in the last few days where I was told that the increase in consultant numbers in Sligo is making a huge difference. It is allowing them to drive down the number of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Health Services Staff (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I am acutely aware of the localised pressures that the pause is causing. I was in Sligo University Hospital on Friday last where I spoke with emergency department teams and various clinical teams across the hospital. They highlighted to me, as others have, that the pause is causing real pressures on the front line. I fully acknowledge that. The issue we have is that the HSE hired...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...with no money to pay them. The CEO and I were left with no choice other than to give clear indication that the HSE cannot continue to hire where there is no funding to meet the wages. On my recent visit to Sligo, I saw first-hand what the frontline workers are experiencing. We are working on options and looking at ways to address the issue. As of the end of December 2023, there...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...x2019;s Hospital Advancing the National Maternity Hospital Progressing the Surgical Hubs Progressing Elective Hospitals Progressing acute capacity projects including both Limerick Ward Blocks, Beaumont, Sligo, and completion of construction of acute beds throughout the country in 2024 Continued investment in primary and community care, with 413 community beds due to complete...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Lady's Hospital, Navan 25,216 24,907 Portiuncula University Hospital 29,700 30,360 Regional Hospital Mullingar 41,578 42,479 Sligo University Hospital 43,805 44,074 St. James's Hospital 52,825 54,867 St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Care, recruitment of 180 additional full-time staff in maternity hospitals and units across the country, refurbishment of units and wards, home-from-home birthing suites, and additional training for staff.Five pilot postnatal hubs have been established in Cork, Kerry, Portiuncula, Carlow-Kilkenny and Sligo. These hubs are providing women with access to holistic postnatal care in...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...women have unimpeded access, that they cannot be harassed, bullied or intimidated and that they cannot have people trying to influence what, as Senator Garvey said, is never an easy decision for any woman to make. I was in Sligo University Hospital on Friday to open the 16th see-and-treat gynaecology clinic. Believe it or not, the healthcare workers there, by means of this new approach,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Voluntary Hospice Group: Our Lady’s Hospice and Care Services, Harold’s Cross, Blackrock and Wicklow; St Francis Hospice, Raheny and Blanchardstown; Marymount Hospice, Cork; Milford Care Centre, Limerick; North West Hospice, Sligo; and Galway Hospice. The redesignation of the four adult hospice organisations (Milford, Marymount, Galway and St. Francis) from Section 39...