asked the Minister for Health the number of beds for each specialty in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath, as at (i) January 1987 and (ii) January 1989; the number of staff employed in each grade in this hospital; the original budget for this hospital for each year from January 1986 to January 1989, inclusive; the number of staff in this hospital who have accepted early retirement and/or voluntary redundancy; and the capital moneys spent on this hospital for each year from 1983 to 1989, inclusive.
Written Answers. - Our Lady's Hospital, Navan.
19.
The number of beds in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan for each specialty in January 1987 and January 1989 is as follows:
|
Specialty |
Bed Number |
|
Surgical |
62 |
|
Medical |
47 |
|
Orthopaedic |
82 |
|
Total |
191 |
There has been no reduction in the bed complement at the hospital.
I am circulating, with the Official Report, a table setting out the full details of staffing at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. This will show that the whole time equivalent for staff employed by category is as follows:
|
Category |
Whole Time Equivalent |
|
Clerical/Administrative |
25 |
|
Medical/Dental |
27 |
|
Nursing/Allied |
198 |
|
Paramedical |
20 |
|
Catering/Housekeeping |
7 |
|
Maintenance |
17 |
|
Other |
1 |
|
Total |
295 |
The original budget of Our Lady's Hospital for each year 1986 to 1989 inclusive is as follows:—
|
Year |
Amount |
|
£m |
|
|
1986 |
6,030,700 |
|
1987 |
6,187,400 |
|
1988 |
5,645,800 |
|
1989 |
5,882,800 |
The North-Eastern Health Board were not in a position to accede to any requests by staff from Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, for early retirement or voluntary redundancy as manning would have been reduced to an unacceptable level.
Capital moneys recouped by my Department to the North-Eastern Health Board for Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, is slightly in excess of £447,000 from 1983 to 1988, inclusive. The amount spent in each year is as follows:
|
Year |
Amount |
|
£m |
|
|
1983 |
29,680 |
|
1984 |
222,603 |
|
1985 |
56,748 |
|
1988 |
138,373 |
|
Total |
447,404 |
No capital moneys have been spent on the hospital in 1989.
Staffing in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan at 30 June 1988
|
Total Whole Time Equivalent |
Actual Persons |
|
|
Clerical/Administrative |
||
|
Grade II/Clerk Typist (HB & VH) |
14.50 |
15 |
|
Grade III/Clerical Officer (HB & VH) |
4.00 |
4 |
|
Grade V/Staff Officer (HB & VH) |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Grade VII Senior E.O.(HB & VH) |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Telephonist |
4.95 |
6 |
|
Supplies Officer Grade D |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Sub-Total |
25.45 |
27 |
|
Medical/Dental |
||
|
Consultant/Anaesthetics |
2.90 |
3 |
|
Consultant/Paediatrics |
0.10 |
1 |
|
Consultant/Physician |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Consultant/Pathology |
0.60 |
1 |
|
Consultant/Radiology |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Consultant/Surgery |
5.50 |
6 |
|
Registrar |
3.00 |
3 |
|
House Officer |
11.25 |
12 |
|
Intern |
2.00 |
2 |
|
Sub-Total |
27.35 |
30 |
|
Nursing/Allied |
||
|
Matron |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Assistant Matron |
2.00 |
2 |
|
Night Superintendent |
2.00 |
2 |
|
Sister (Ward) |
10.00 |
10 |
|
Staff Nurse |
116.92 |
146 |
|
Theatre Sister |
2.00 |
2 |
|
Assistant Chief Nursing Officer (Psych) |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Attendant |
63.63 |
88 |
|
Sub-Total |
197.55 |
251 |
|
Paramedical |
||
|
Medical Laboratory Technician |
3.26 |
4 |
|
Medical Laboratory Technician, Senior |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Medical Laboratory Technologist |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Radiographer |
3.96 |
5 |
|
Radiographer, Senior |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Radiographer, Superintendant |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Physiotherapist |
3.00 |
3 |
|
Physiotherapist, Senior |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Physiotherapist-in-Charge (Grade I) |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Pharmacist |
1.46 |
3 |
|
Occupational Therapist |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Phlebotomist |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Sub-Total |
19.68 |
23 |
|
Catering/Housekeeping |
||
|
Porter, Theatre |
3.00 |
3 |
|
Cook Grade I |
2.00 |
2 |
|
Cook Grade II |
2.00 |
2 |
|
Sub-Total |
7.00 |
7 |
|
Maintenance |
||
|
Foreman |
2.00 |
2 |
|
Electrician |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Carpenter |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Painter |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Plumber |
2.00 |
2 |
|
Boilerman |
4.00 |
4 |
|
Labourer |
3.00 |
3 |
|
Apprentice Maintenance Man |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Maintenance Supervisor |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Craftsman |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Sub-Total |
17.00 |
17 |
|
Other |
||
|
Chaplain |
0.30 |
3 |
|
Dark Room Technician |
1.00 |
1 |
|
Sub-Total |
1.30 |
4 |
|
Total |
295.33 |
359 |