Dunmore Road, Waterford
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In-Patient: 474
Day: 63
Total: 537
Acute Hospital Bed Review
The Health Service Executive (HSE)on 1st June 2007 published its Acute Hospital Bed
Use Review.
Results:
The Review found that 13% of patients were unnecessarily admitted to hospital and that 39% of the patients in hospital surveyed could have been treated in an alternative setting on the day of care, if appropriate alternatives were available.
The review was conducted across eight hospital networks (37 hospitals). A total of 3,035 patients were randomly sampled out of a patientpopulation of 8,322. Acute medical and surgical inpatients were the focus of the review.
The findings will be used to drive hospital performance improvement and re-configuration of services to achieve an increase in the levels of appropriate placement of patients outside of hospital settings and to reduce inappropriate admissions as well as an over-dependence on the hospital system.
Click here to link to Acute Hospital Bed Review Appendix F: Network 6 - South Eastern (PDF 82.5KB)
(figures from Employment Monitoring Unit, 2009)
- Medical/Dental: 232.49
- Nursing: 712.92
- Health and Social Care Professionals: 231.30
- Management/admin: 282.88
- General Support Staff: 254.81
- Other Patient and Client Care: 68.83
- Total number of WTE (whole time equivalent) staff at end March 2009: 1,783.23
(Please note in-patient services may not be provided for all of the specialities listed below i.e. some of these specialties may be provided on an outpatient or daycase basis only). Specialties from the Performance Management Unit, 2007.
(figures from National Treatment Purchase Fund, Dated May 2009)
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Adult surgical patients waiting
Adult surgical patients waiting
Adult surgical patients waiting
Child surgical patients waiting
Child surgical patients waiting
Child surgical patients waiting
Adult medical patients waiting
Adult medical patients waiting
Adult medical patients waiting
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3-6 months
6-12 months
over 12 months
3-6 months
6-12 months
over 12 months
3-6 months
6-12 months
over 12 months |
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Inpatients
(figures from Corporate Planning and Control Processes, Dec 2007)
- No. of in-patient discharges in 2007: 23,903
- No. of in-patient discharges in 2006: 24,628
- No. of in-patient discharges in 2005: 23,541
Day Cases
(figures from Corporate Planning and Control Processes, Dec 2007)
- No. of Daycases in 2007: 16,763
- No. of Daycases in 2006: 15,860
- No. of Daycases in 2005: 17,359
(figures from Corporate Planning and Control Processes, Dec 2007)
- No. of outpatients in 2007: 121,987
- No. of outpatients in 2006: 119,141
- No. of outpatients in 2005: 107,233
Average Length of Stay
(figures from Corporate Planning and Control Processes, Dec 2007)
- Cumulative figures for 2007: 6
- Cumulative figures for 2006: 6
(figures from Corporate Planning and Control Processes, Dec 2007)
- No. of Emergency Department Presentations in 2007: 65,160
- No. of Emergency Department Presentations in 2006: 57,929
- No. of Emergency Department Admissions in 2007: 17,264
- No. of Emergency Department Admissions in 2006: 18,046
- Percentage of patients admitted as emergencies in 2007: 71.9
- Percentage of patients admitted as emergencies in 2006: 75.1
- Percentage of patients admitted electively in 2007: 28.1
- Percentage of patients admitted electively in 2006: 24.9
(figures from HSE Hygiene Reports good 85; fair 76-84%; poor 75%)
- 2nd Hygiene Audit results: 86
- 1st Hygiene Audit Results: 62
Health Care Associated Infection (HCAI) Survey Results, March 2007
Hospital name |
Number of patients surveyed |
Number of patients with HCAI |
% with HCAI (HCAI rate) |
Number of patients with MRSA-related HCAI |
Expenditure
(figures from Corporate Planning and Control Processes, Dec 2007)
- Actual Expenditure in 2007: 146,035
- Actual Expenditure in 2006: 137,526
Births
(figures from the Performance Monitoring Unit, Sept 2009)
- Number of Live Births Jan - Apr 2009: 830
- Number of Live Births in 2007: 2488
- Number of Live Births in 2006 : 2458