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Discussion document on the development of specialist services in Dublin hospitals
| Title: | Discussion document on the development of specialist services in Dublin hospitals |
| Authors: | Department of Health (DoH)
Comhairle na n'Ospideal |
| Publisher: | Department of Health (DoH) |
| Issue Date: | Jan-1977 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/246575 |
| Type: | Report |
| Language: | en |
| Description: | On the 11th October 1974, the Government announced its
decision on future hospital development in Dublin. It
was decided that there would be six major acute hospitals
in Dublin at the Mater, St. Vincent's, St. James's,
James Connolly Memorial and the new hospitals at Beaumont
and Newlands Cross.
The announcement said that there would be discussions with
the hospital interests concerned to decide on a programme for implementing the decision to develop these six.
Arising out of these discussions it was agreed in June 1975
to set up a Joint Working Group comprising members of
Comhairle na n'Qspideal and the Department of Health
to examine the distribution of specialist services in the
Dublin area. The task of the Working Group was to prepare a consultation
document on the strategy which might be adopted for the
development of specialist services in the six general
hospital centres designated by the Government; the allocation
of specialist units between the centres and the relationship
of special hospitals to the general hospitals. Factual Information on existing services: The Working Group
had at its disposal factual information on existing services
in Dublin hospitals which formed the basic data for this study.
This information was drawn from the records of the Department
of Health and Comhairle na n'Ospideal. In addition, some of the
hospitals submitted detailed memoranda which helped to elaborate
on the information already available. Finally, some of the
members of the Working Group themselves contributed from their
own knowledge and experience as practising consultants in
Dublin. The volume and complexity of the factual information
available to the Working Group was such that it would not be
practical to incorporate it in this document. It is clear from
the information available that in a number of specialties there
are too many units and that many of these are too small to be
Viable. For example, at the moment an E.N.T. service is
provided in hospitals in Dublin, 6 of them having less than
10 beds in the specialty or again, there are gynaecology beds
in 15 hospitals, ranging in number from 4 to 56 beds. |
| Keywords: | HOSPITALS
STRATEGIC PLAN |
| Appears in Collections: | DOH
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