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Hospital Overcrowding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 January 2019

Wednesday, 16 January 2019

Questions (195)

Louise O'Reilly

Question:

195. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of days in 2018 that Letterkenny University Hospital deployed the full capacity protocol. [2022/19]

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Written answers

The HSE National Escalation Framework, issued to the system in late 2015, consists of a tiered and incremental suite of actions to be adapted and implemented in hospitals with an ED during times when such hospitals are challenged in matching capacity and demand for acute inpatient care.

The full capacity protocol is the last escalation step in the HSE National Escalation Framework

In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.

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