UHL had a bed occupancy of over 108% in March Image: Don Moloney via Noteworthy UHL had a bed occupancy of over 108% in March Image: Don Moloney via Noteworthy ALMOST DOUBLE THE number of public hospitals were operating with unsafe levels of bed occupancy in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2021.
“It is no surprise that bed occupancy rates are consistently at such high levels – this is a challenge that consultants see on a daily basis,” Professor Alan Irvine, president of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association told Noteworthy. “Our hospitals are severely overcrowded and were running well above safe levels before the pandemic,” according to Sinn Féin TD and health spokesperson David Cullinane.
UHL consistently has the highest number of people on trolleys and management told Noteworthy during an on-site visit last month that full capacity protocol – allowing additional temporary beds on wards – is being used “nearly every week” which “has a huge impact on” scheduled care.
These include “increased risk of healthcare associated infections such as MRSA, increased mortality, increased probability of an adverse event, risks to staff welfare and reduced efficiency in patient flow”.
noteworthy_ie Our health service is not fit for purpose and has not been for well over a decade
noteworthy_ie It's hard to hid what's happening to the public when you can't find beds for over end that are full in and out of covid like the pandemic never ended only through media censorship did it end
noteworthy_ie The government are clearly not fit for purpose.
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