HEALTH Minister Stephen Donnelly has come under fire for failing to confirm when he will meet with local GPs amid ‘service collapse’ fears in Letterkenny University Hospital. One month on from when 78 GPs, backed by 11 consultants, penned a letter to Minister Donnelly imploring him to come to Donegal to see first hand the crisis […]
Health Minister to visit LUH ‘in the coming period’
There has been confirmation today that the HSE’s Performance Management and Improvement Unit is to travel to Letterkenny University Hospital this week to help address ongoing issues at the hospital’s Emergency Department. But while the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly also confirmed plans to visit Letterkenny University Hospital “in the coming period” – a date […]
HSE to appoint specialist team to assess LUH issues
The HSE’s specialist emergency department team is to be appointed to Letterkenny University Hospital to assess and address the ongoing problems at the hospital’s emergency department. The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has asked the HSE’s CEO, Bernard Gloster, to assign the specialist team. According to Donegal minister Charlie McConalogue, it will mean hospital management […]