Health service failing critically ill patients – IHCA

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Irish Hospital Consultant Association calls for more beds and specialist consultants

An audit of ICU services, undertaken by the National Office of Clinical Audit in 2017, concluded that the shortage of ICU beds meant a level of bed occupancy which was “above the recommended levels for safe patient care and are likely to make staff retention more difficult”.

“Inadequate ICU consultant staffing and beds is driving longer wait times for surgery, particularly cancer surgery. Currently, almost one in four patients requiring cancer surgery do not have their procedure within the national targeted timeframes for such surgery,” he added. “Many junior doctors do not want to continue to work in a system which forces such choices. They are responding by emigrating en masse to work abroad in health systems that prioritise patient care and patient safety,” he said.

 

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