Sinn F\u00e9in TD for Dublin South West Se\u00e1n Crowe has called on the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to urgently implement a Zero Tolerance Plan to end long emergency department waits.
Teachta Crowe\u2019s remarks came as new data from the HSE shows that the average patient experience time to admission at Tallaght University Hospital\u2019s emergency department was 21 hours.
Teachta Crowe said the most shocking revelation in the figures was that over 200 patients over 75 had to wait more than 12 hours for admission in TUH already this year.
Teachta Crowe said:
\u201cNew data from the HSE shows that the average patient experience time to admission at Tallaght University Hospital\u2019s emergency department was 21 hours.
\u201cThe most shocking revelation in the figures was that over 200 patients over 75 had to wait more than 12 hours for admission in TUH already this year.
\u201cThis is no way to be treating our older citizens. Eight people over 75 had an admission time of over two days and TUH is only one hospital. No Health Minister should be able to stand over that.
\u201cPatients have been suffering the torturous consequences of overcrowding for years, but these figures show that the problem has reached a new extreme.
\u201cThe HSE target is all patients are to be admitted within 6 hours. Only 1 in 9 patients over 75 were seen in less than six hours in TUH this year.
\u201c12+ hour waits in emergency departments are unacceptable for any patient, but especially for elderly people who are often presenting with complex and multiple health needs, as well as mobility issues.
\u201cSome hospitals have been very successful in reorientating care away from emergency departments. St Vincent\u2019s Hospital have the EDITH system which allows for patients to be assessed by an ED doctor and occupational therapist at home. The Pathfinder Programme at Beaumont is another such programme aimed at keeping older people who have phoned the emergency services in their own home rather than transporting them to an emergency department.
\u201cAll hospitals must act on each other\u2019s successes and failures. It is the Minister\u2019s responsibility to ensure that the HSE is implementing best practice in each and every hospital.
\u201cWe urgently need a zero-tolerance plan to end excessive emergency department waits.\u201d
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