Sinn F\u00e9in launches health proposals as trolley figures soar<\/p>\n
Speaking at the launch of Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s health proposals \u2018Healthcare in Ireland \u2013 there
is a better way\u2019 Dublin South west candidate and Tallaght councillor Se\u00e1n Crowe
said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a need for comprehensive reform of the health care service in Ireland.
Ireland today has a health sector business, but it doesn\u2019t have a fit for purpose health
care system focussed on patient health and quality of care\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is apt that we launch this policy on the same day as new figures from the Irish
Nurse Organisation Trolley Watch figure showed an 18% increase in the number of
patients on trolleys in 2010 compared to 2009. The steadily deteriorating state of our
accident and emergency facilities is demonstrated by the 49% increase in patients on
trolleys since 2007 when the current government took office\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Miche\u00e1l Martin was minister for health he promised 600 primary care units
across the state. To date only 200 have been completed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Councillor Crowe also highlighted the lack of a thought of strategy for children\u2019s
medical services in Dublin. He said, \u201cIt is bonkers that the coalition are proposing
a service where there would be no overnight beds on the south side of Dublin,
children\u2019s lives will be in danger if this comes to pass. The proposals to run down
children\u2019s medical service in Tallaght hospital is a constant concern raised by voters
on the canvas\u201d.<\/p>\n
Sinn F\u00e9in has proposed that there should be, \u201cA Ministerial-led review of the decision
to build a National Children\u2019s Hospital at the Mater site, given the concerns on
location and the financial question marks over the project. This review should be
carried out in a short time-frame by the new Minister and his or her Department, not
by expensive consultants. The key concern is what is happening to Temple Street,
Crumlin and Tallaght. These hospitals need to be properly resourced and supported to
continue to provide excellent hospital services for children. If the national children\u2019s
hospital goes ahead on the Mater site provision for in-patient care (overnight beds) for
children at Tallaght should remain and the Crumlin Hospital site should be used for
public healthcare provision.\u201d<\/p>\n
Councillor Crowe also noted that there was a need to include the Irish Paediatricians
Association in the review process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sinn F\u00e9in launches health proposals as trolley figures soar Speaking at the launch of Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s health proposals \u2018Healthcare in Ireland \u2013 thereis a better way\u2019 Dublin South west candidate and Tallaght councillor Se\u00e1n Crowesaid. \u201cThere is a need for comprehensive reform of the health care service in Ireland.Ireland today has a health sector business, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}