Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 22 Apr 1999

Vol. 503 No. 5

Written Answers. - Hospital Services.

Ivor Callely

Question:

90 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will give a breakdown of the number of national hospital beds available and their catchment areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10610/99]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Cowen)

A national breakdown of designated hospital beds is set out in the following table.

Acute Hospitals Beds at 1 February, 1999

	Overnight Beds	Public	Private--S. Private	Non-Designated	Day Beds	Public	Private-S. Private	Non-Designated	All Beds	Public	Private-S. Private	Non-Designated	Total
Health Boards Hospitals
St. Colmcille's	110	23	5	8	4	0	118	27	5	150
James Connolly	196	21	13	21	6	0	217	27	13	257
Naas	75	7	6	6	0	0	81	7	6	94
Peamont (See also Non-Acute Hospitals)	50	10	0	0	0	0	50	10	0	60
EHB Total	431	61	24	35	10	0	466	71	24	561
Mullingar	145	31	6	5	1	0	150	32	6	188
Portlaoise	110	20	1	6	3	0	116	23	1	140
Tullamore	134	26	8	6	3	0	140	29	8	177
MHB Total	389	77	15	17	7	0	406	84	15	505
Limerick Regional	242	118	13	12	12	0	254	130	13	397
Limerick Regional Maternity	53	27	32	2	2	0	55	29	32	116
Croom	67	22	0	5	5	0	72	27	0	99
Ennis	65	17	6	4	2	0	69	19	6	94
Nenagh	50	14	4	3	3	0	53	17	4	74
MWHB Total	477	198	55	26	24	0	503	222	55	780
Cavan	132	30	10	9	3	0	141	33	10	184
Monaghan	125	19	5	0	0	0	125	19	5	149
Dundalk	107	30	6	0	0	0	107	30	6	143
Drogheda	214	112	27	8	6	0	222	118	27	367
Navan	161	23	6	0	0	0	161	23	6	190
NEHB Total	739	214	54	17	9	0	756	223	54	1,033
Sligo	229	78	27	5	1	0	234	79	27	340
Letterkenny	236	58	17	5	1	0	241	59	17	317
Manorhamilton	51	8	0	1	1	0	52	9	0	61
NWHB Total	516	144	44	11	3	0	527	147	44	718
Ardkeen	281	85	14	9	4	0	290	89	14	393
Kilcreene	81	10	0	0	0	0	81	10	0	91
Kilkenny	151	32	9	4	2	0	155	34	9	198
Wexford	139	34	13	8	2	0	147	36	13	196
Clonmel	128	38	3	5	3	0	133	41	3	177
Cashel	53	18	4	4	2	0	57	20	4	81
SEHB Total	833	217	43	30	13	0	863	230	43	1,136
Cork Regional	366	118	72	6	4	0	372	122	72	566
Erinville	32	24	0	0	0	0	32	24	0	56
St. Mary's	96	30	0	0	0	0	96	30	0	126
Mallow	48	12	4	3	2	0	51	14	4	69
St. Finbarr's	110	23	0	0	0	0	110	23	0	133
Tralee	308	32	14	0	0	0	308	32	14	354
Bantry	58	6	4	0	0	0	58	6	4	68
SHB Total	1,018	245	94	9	6	0	1,027	251	94	1,372
University Hospital	366	116	26	18	12	0	384	128	26	538
Merlin Park	173	24	5	0	0	0	173	24	5	202
Castlebar	215	47	8	4	2	0	219	49	8	276
Roscommon	97	19	4	0	0	0	97	19	4	120
WHB Total	851	206	43	22	14	0	873	220	43	1,136
All Health Boards	5,254	1,362	372	167	86	0	5,421	1,448	3,72	7,241
	Overnight Beds	Public	Private--S. Private	Non-Designated	Day Beds	Public	Private-S. Private	Non-Designated	All Beds	Public	Private-S. Private	Non-Designated	Total
Voluntary Hospitals
Mater	392	44	21	22	4	0	414	48	21	483
St. James's	461	99	96	36	8	0	497	107	96	700
St. Vincent's	382	46	30	12	2	0	394	48	30	472
Tallaght	275	105	29	40	15	0	315	120	29	464
Beaumont	468	106	41	10	2	0	478	108	41	627
St. Michael's	58	22	5	7	3	0	65	25	5	95
Eye and Ear	53	23	4	5	5	0	58	28	4	90
Crumlin	184	54	8	8	4	0	192	58	8	258
Temple Street	100	25	5	8	6	0	108	31	5	144
Rotunda	103	54	27	5	0	0	108	54	27	189
Holles Street	104	65	25	3	3	6	107	68	31	206
Coombe	105	64	38	18	12	0	123	76	38	237
Cappagh	92	11	13	5	5	0	97	16	13	126
Hume Street	23	8	0	0	0	0	23	8	0	31
St. Luke's	131	31	2	5	3	0	136	34	2	172
St. John's	47	43	4	6	4	0	53	47	4	104
Mercy	136	72	28	9	10	0	145	82	28	255
South Victoria	115	55	6	5	5	0	120	60	6	186
Portiuncula	137	58	9	4	4	0	141	62	9	212
All Voluntary Hospitals	3,366	985	391	208	95	6	3,574	1,080	397	5,051
Total Acute Hospitals	8,620	2,347	763	375	181	6	8,995	2,528	769	12,292
Other Hospitals
Ely Hospital
(temporary designation)	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	35	0	35
Psychiatric Hospitals
St. Vincent's, Fairview	96	10	0	0	0	0	96	10	0	106
St. Anne's, Shankiel	36	8	0	0	0	0	36	8	0	44
All Psychiatric Hospitals	132	18	0	0	0	0	132	18	0	150
Non Acute Hospitals
Peamont (see also Acute Hospitals)	60	0	0	8	1	0	68	1	0	69
Incorporated Orthopaedic	92	12	0	0	0	0	92	12	0	104
Drogheda Cottage	8	6	0	0	0	0	8	6	0	14
Drogheda Memorial	14	5	0	0	0	0	14	5	0	19
Marymount Hospice	18	6	0	0	0	0	18	6	0	24
Our Lady's Hospice	95	49	0	0	0	0	95	49	0	144
St. Joseph's Rehan Unit, H.C.	30	16	0	0	0	0	30	16	0	46
All Non Acute Hospitals	317	94	0	8	1	0	325	95	0	420
Total All Hospitals	9,069	2,494	763	383	182	6	9,452	2,676	769	12,897

Tallaght Hospital is in the process of building 70-75 private/semi-private beds which is an additional facility to the hospital and is being developed and financed by the hospital itself.

In relation to the catchment areas for these beds, strategy for the development of acute hospital services is based on the achievement of self-sufficiency within each health board area in the delivery of regional specialities. This means that the services are being developed through the provision of networks of local general hospitals which provide high quality medical and surgical facilities for their local catchment areas, larger regional hospitals which deliver services in a broad range of regional specialities across a health board area and a smaller number of tertiary or supra-regional hospitals which serve much wider catchment areas in particular specialities, enabling resources to be concentrated nationally to the best effect.