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. 1 2 3 4 5 http://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/FactFile/County_Information/Tipperary/South%20Tipperary%20General%20Hospital%20Clonmel/
  2. ↑ http://www.imt.ie/news/latest-news/2011/05/minister-opens-medical-school-facility-for-ul.html
  3. 1 2 "Report on The National Patient Treatment Register" (PDF). The National Treatment Purchase Fund. November 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
  4. ↑ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  5. ↑ "Report on the Second National Acute Hospitals Hygiene Audit" (PDF). Health Service Executive. June 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-07-04.

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