Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 November 2018
208. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47317/18]
View answer210. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on trolleys at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan in each month in 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47319/18]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 208 and 210 together.
I wish to acknowledge the distress overcrowded EDs cause to patients, their families and frontline staff working in very challenging working conditions in hospitals throughout the country.
This Government remains committed to tackling overcrowding in EDs and improving access to health services. My Department is working with the HSE to ensure the most effective response to the winter challenges to unscheduled care provision and I expect to be in a position to outline the details of the Winter Plan 2018/19 very shortly.
In relation to the particular queries on the numbers of emergency department attendances and patients on trolleys at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
