Increasing bed capacity is a Government priority. Over the past 18 months, an additional 240 beds have been opened of which as detailed in the table:
2017-2018 Acute Beds Open
Hospital Group
|
Hospital
|
Type of bed
|
Number of beds
|
RCSI
|
Our Lady of Lourdes Drogheda
|
Acute beds (part of new bed block)
|
25
|
RCSI
|
Beaumont Hospital
|
Acute beds
|
20
|
DM
|
St. James’sHospital
|
Acute beds
|
23
|
DM
|
Naas General Hospital
|
Acute beds
|
11
|
IE
|
The Mater Hospital
|
Acute beds
|
24
|
Saolta
|
Galway University Hospital
|
Acute beds
|
28
|
UL
|
Limerick University Hospital
|
Short Stay beds
|
17
|
IE
|
St. Vincent’s Hospital
|
Acute beds
|
22
|
IE
|
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
|
HDU beds
|
2
|
IE
|
St. Luke’s Hospital Kilkenny
|
Acute beds
|
14
|
RCSI
|
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda
|
Acute beds (part of new ward block)
|
4
|
SSW
|
Cork University Hospital
|
Acute beds
|
30
|
SSW
|
Cork University hospital
|
Critical care beds
|
2
|
SSW
|
Waterford University Hospital
|
Acute beds
|
18
|
Total
|
|
|
240
|