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UL Hospitals Group has announced its first major relaxation of visitor restrictions, including at UHL and Nenagh Hospital.
The move will see scheduled, timed visiting slots opened for inpatients and their visitors.
Routine visits have been cancelled, outside of exceptional circumstances, since March of last year.
However, management at UL Hospitals Group say they’re pleased to announce the phased withdrawal of that measure.
Timed visiting slots are being opened up for hospital inpatients only – at UHL, Ennis, Nenagh and Croom.
The rules allow one visitor per patient during designated visiting hours, while visitors will have to abide by public health measures and be temperature checked on entry.
A change has been announced for hospital visiting restrictions in Limerick
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UL Hospitals Group confirm easing of visitor restrictions
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PRESSURE is growing on the UL Hospitals’ Group to address chronic overcrowding at University of Limerick (UHL) amid calls for an external review to establish why the addition of almost 100 beds hasn’t had the desired impact.
The number of patients on trolleys in UHL has reached 81 in recent weeks; there were 52 patients waiting for a bed on Friday and 44 on Wednesday.
Responding to Clare Champion queries, the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) confirmed it is closely monitoring information related to large numbers of patients in UHL’s emergency department.
HIQA said it is awaiting a response on the issue from the group. The Clare Champion has learned the HSE has told the Irish Nurses and Midwives’ Organisation it is viewing the overcrowding as a serious issue and has sought a response from the group.