http://hdl.handle.net/10147/47783 Fri, 27 Oct 2017 07:58:40 GMT 2017-10-27T07:58:40Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/622543 Title: Guidance on patients’ families and carers presence in Emergency Departments Authors: Health Service Executive (HSE) Description: The aim of the Emergency Medicine Programme (EMP) is improve safety, quality, access and value in the patient care delivered in the emergency care environment. The EMP also seeks to ensure that all patients receive the same standard of care in Emergency Departments (EDs) and Injury Units (IUs) regardless of when and where in the country they present for treatment. This guidance document aims to provide a fair and standardised approach to policy with regard to families, carers and friends visiting patients while they are being treated in EDs and IUs Sat, 01 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/622543 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/621408 Title: Overview of the HSE Scoliosis Waiting List Action Plan Authors: Health Service Executive (HSE) Description: Scoliosis affects approximately 1% of children and adolescents in Ireland. It is defined as a spinal curvature of more than 10 degrees to the right or left as the examiner faces the patient. The management of scoliosis is complex and is determined by the severity of the curvature and skeletal maturity, which together helps predict the likelihood of progression. The conventional options for children and adolescents are: observation, back bracing (where the child is still growing) and surgery. Treatment options for scoliosis and spinal disorders are related to the underlying condition of each patient and their growth pattern, skeletal maturity and other factors. Mon, 01 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/621408 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/621407 Title: HSE In-patient and day-case waiting list plan 2017 Authors: Health Service Executive (HSE) Description: The purpose of this document is to set out a plan to reduce the number of patients currently waiting or who will be waiting 15 months or more for in-patient or day-case treatment by the end of October 20 Mon, 01 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/621407 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/621406 Title: OP Action Plan 2017: Acute Hospital Outpatient Services Authors: Outpatient Services Performance Improvement Programme Description: This action plan sets out the approach to outpatient waiting list reduction being taken by the HSE Acute Hospital Division which is founded on the Strategy for the Design of Integrated Outpatient Services 2016-2020. This strategy sets out a process to introduce long-term sustainable change to address the long-standing, multifactorial issues that have resulted in disproportionate numbers of outpatients awaiting access to acute services. While this strategy covers a change process that will take place across five years, a shorter-term process, set out in summary below, will be implemented in the coming months to front-load certain required changes into 2017. Fri, 05 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/621406 2017-05-05T00:00:00Z