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Although we are barely a few weeks into the 2016/17 winter, the number of patients on trolleys has passed almost twice the figure that the...

Dr Fergal Hickey – solutions to ED crowding

17 Nov 2016

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Although we are barely a few weeks into the 2016/17 winter, the number of patients on trolleys has passed almost twice the figure that...

IAEM launches Annual Scientific Meeting 2016

07 Sep 2016

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Registration for the IAEM Annual Scientific Meeting 2016 is now live Location Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin Date Thursday 20th October & Friday 21st October 2016 See...

Emergency Department crowding 2016

12 Aug 2016

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Dr Fergal Hickey, Communications Officer for the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine, explains the full extent of patient crowding in Irish Emergency Departments for the...

ED crowding crisis hits new Summer high

04 Aug 2016

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As 359 patients languish on trolleys and wards without access to an acute hospital bed, Dr Fergal Hickey, Communications Officer IAEM, discusses the issue with...

IAEM Annual Scientific Meeting 2016

02 Aug 2016

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The IAEM Annual Scientific Meeting 2016 will be held in Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin on Thursday 20th October and Friday 21st October 2016. The conference...

Emergency Department Dementia Care Pathway

26 Jul 2016

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It is well established that the early signs of dementia are not infrequently missed when a patient presents to hospital with an acute medical presentation....

Emergency Department ‘Hitlist’ Dr Fergal Hickey reveals the facts

25 Jul 2016

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On 10th July 2016 a front-page report in the Sunday Business Post appeared under the heading ‘A&E Hitlist’ The article, based on a leaked Department...

VTE Dublin 2016

21 Jul 2016

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Following the success of VTE 2015, the Mater Hospital ED group has asked global experts in venous thromboembolism to speak at VTE Dublin 2016 on September...

Mr Mark Doyle discusses patients that leave Irish Emergency Departments

03 Jun 2016

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IAEM President, Mr Mark Doyle, responds to the report carried in the Irish Independent that in 2015 48,000 patients had left Ireland’s Emergency Departments before...

Worsening Emergency Department crisis continues

14 Apr 2016

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Dr Fergal Hickey, IAEM Communications Officer, speaks on RTE Six One News on Wednesday 4th April as 522 patients wait on ED trolleys for admission

Dr Fergal Hickey – worsening ED crowding

14 Apr 2016

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As new figures show 522 patients awaiting hospital admission for whom there isn’t a hospital bed and as the inability to form a stable government...

Dr Fergal Hickey – Healthcare & homelessness after GE16

06 Mar 2016

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Following the general election which saw the public rate healthcare and homelessness as two of the electorate’s most important concerns, Dr Fergal Hickey, Communications Officer,...

Dr John O’ Donnell talks about ED crowding in Galway University Hospital

03 Mar 2016

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As INMO Emergency Department nurses at St Vincent’s University Hospital stage another protest against persistent ED crowding and understaffing in their ED, Mary Wilson speaks...

Dr Fergal Hickey discusses ED crowding on RTE Drivetime

29 Jan 2016

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As Dublin’s Mater Hospital cancels elective surgery in the face of large numbers of in-patient boarders in its Emergency Department, the son of a patient...

Dr Fergal Hickey on Workplace Relations Commission findings

13 Jan 2016

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IAEM Communications Officer, Dr Fergal Hickey, responds to the news that agreement is reached at the Workplace Relations Commission between Emergency Department Nurses represented by...

Dr Peader Gilligan discusses ED crowding in Beaumont Hospital

13 Jan 2016

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Following calls by the INMO for the Emergency Department of Beaumont Hospital to go off call following a period of severe crowding with admitted hospital...

Dr Fergal Hickey discusses ED crowding and ED nurses strike

12 Jan 2016

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In the face of severe Emergency Department crowding over the early days of January 2016 and an impending series of two-hour work stoppages by ED...

Dr Jim Gray on ED crowding

12 Jan 2016

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Dr James Gray, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Tallaght Hospital discusses the implications of the directive by the HSE on ED Crowding requiring specified actions...

IAEM News 2016

Dr Fergal Hickey – HSE holds the solution to ED crowding

Dr Fergal Hickey – solutions to ED crowding

IAEM launches Annual Scientific Meeting 2016

Emergency Department crowding 2016

ED crowding crisis hits new Summer high

IAEM Annual Scientific Meeting 2016

Emergency Department Dementia Care Pathway

Emergency Department ‘Hitlist’ Dr Fergal Hickey reveals the facts

VTE Dublin 2016

Mr Mark Doyle discusses patients that leave Irish Emergency Departments

Worsening Emergency Department crisis continues

Dr Fergal Hickey – worsening ED crowding

Dr Fergal Hickey – Healthcare & homelessness after GE16

Dr John O’ Donnell talks about ED crowding in Galway University Hospital

Dr Fergal Hickey discusses ED crowding on RTE Drivetime

Dr Fergal Hickey on Workplace Relations Commission findings

Dr Peader Gilligan discusses ED crowding in Beaumont Hospital

Dr Fergal Hickey discusses ED crowding and ED nurses strike

Dr Jim Gray on ED crowding

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