National Rehabilitation Hospital (Dublin)

The National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, is an Irish publicly funded hospital that provides rehabilitation treatment for patients who have a physical or cognitive disability due to illness or injury.[1] Although it is funded by the state the hospital is owned by a Catholic religious order, the Sisters of Mercy.[2]

The Health Service Executive has been criticised for staff shortages at the hospital which caused twelve beds to be unavailable in March 2017 in spite of a waiting list of over 200 patients seeking admission.[3][4] The hospital has a total of 110 beds but is said to be under-resourced according to advocacy organisation An Soal as well as senior staff of the hospital.[5][6] Funding for an additional 120 beds was approved in 2015.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Elaine Edwards (2015-08-12). "National Rehabilitation Hospital 120-bed unit to get €15m". Irishtimes.com. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  2. ↑ Paul Cullen (2017-04-20). "Q&A: What's the story with religious orders owning hospitals?". Irishtimes.com. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  3. ↑ Ruairi Cotter (2017-03-01). "Twelve beds lying empty at the National Rehabilitation Hospital despite a waiting list of 226 patients". Thesun.ie. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  4. ↑ "Over 200 brain and spinal patients face agonising wait as beds closed". Independent.ie. 2017-04-09. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  5. ↑ Kitty Holland (2016-08-20). "Families of brain injury survivors being given 'no hope'". Irishtimes.com. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  6. ↑ Laura Lynott (2017-02-13). "'We have 56 beds in neuro rehab... but we really need 280'". Herald.ie. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  7. ↑ Fiona Dillon (2015-08-12). "National Rehabilitation Hospital to get new €15m 120-bed revamp". Herald.ie. Retrieved 2017-05-14.

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