South Tipperary General Hospital
| South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel | |
|---|---|
| Health Service Executive | |
 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | HSE |
| Hospital type | Regional |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 255 |
South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel (formerly known as Clonmel General Hospital) is a public hospital located in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland.[1] It is managed by the Irish Government's Health Service Executive and provides acute hospital services, including a 24-hour emergency department, for the population of County Tipperary and adjacent areas. In 2008, the hospital served 46,858 out-patients, and 13,208 in-patients, with an average stay of 5.9 nights. The hospital saw 4,499 day cases in the same year. In 2007, 71.7% of admissions (8,370 patients) were made via the accident and emergency department. The hospital saw 1,178 live births in 2008.[1]
Services
The hospital provides 318 beds, of which 217 are in-patient beds, 25 are designated for day cases, 25 for emergency department patienst, and 2 for labour ward admissions, while a further 49 are reserved for psychiatric patients.[1][2] Specialty services include general medicine, general surgery, dermatology, accident and emergency, oncology, palliative care, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, psychiatry.<[1]
Waiting times
The national median waiting time for surgery in November 2009 stood at 1.1 months; at South Tipperary General Hospital this figure was 0.7 months. Overall waiting time was 0.7 months, above the national median of 2.4 months.[3] As of November 2009,[3] the National Treatment Purchase Fund listed the following waiting times for procedures:
Surgical
- adult patients waiting 3–6 months: 2
- adult patients waiting 6–12 months: 0
- adult patients waiting over 12 months: 0
- child patients waiting 3–6 months: 0
- child surgical patients waiting 6–12 months: 0
- child surgical patients waiting over 12 months: 0
Medical
- adult patients waiting 3–6 months: 4
- adult patients waiting 6–12 months: 0
- adult patients waiting over 12 months: 0
- child patients waiting 3–6 months: 0
- child patients waiting 6–12 months: 0
- child patients waiting over 12 months: 0
Hygiene
Independent audits rated hygiene levels as 80% satisfactory in 2005,[4] rising to 92% in 2006.[5] The hospital had a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection rate of 0.01 per 1,000 bed days in 2007.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 http://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/FactFile/County_Information/Tipperary/South%20Tipperary%20General%20Hospital%20Clonmel/
- ↑ http://www.imt.ie/news/latest-news/2011/05/minister-opens-medical-school-facility-for-ul.html
- 1 2 "Report on The National Patient Treatment Register" (PDF). The National Treatment Purchase Fund. November 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ↑ "Report on a National Acute Hospitals Hygiene Audit undertaken on behalf of the National Hospitals Office, Health Service Executive" (PDF). Health Service Executive. October 2005. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- ↑ "Report on the Second National Acute Hospitals Hygiene Audit" (PDF). Health Service Executive. June 2006. Retrieved 2010-07-04.