Taoiseach Micheal Martin. He said patient safety was 'paramount' and care must be taken on moving forward with reconfiguration at a time when there was 'enormous pressure' on EDs across the country 'because Covid hasn’t disappeared'. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins PhotosThe Government is “not comfortable” that now is the right to close Navan Hospital’s Emergency Department , Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.
On Thursday the HSE board gave its strong backing to continue with the organisation’s plan to close the ED at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan. Mr Martin said the hospital in Drogheda was under pressure and consultants there were saying they needed space and time to consider the HSE’s plans as well as more resources.
On Mr McEntee’s remarks, Mr Martin said: “The entire medical community within the northeast should engage on this” and that the way to resolve the issue would be “more consultation rather than edicts from any particular quarter”.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
Taolseach presumably happy to attend all inquests into unexpected deaths to defend the safety of NavanED? DonnellyStephen presumably planning to throw more money at the department to zero effect. GovernmentCowardice thejournal_ie
He has a dilemma do the right thing and risk the government ministers and TDS losing their seats in the next election in Meath.
This country badly needs decentralisation. They're pouring untold billions into shoehorned hospital infrastructure in Dublin when they already can't hire medical staff& where accommodation is already completely unaffordable to what staff they do have. But it's cutbacks for Navan?
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