THE UL Hospitals’ Group has defended its management of administering vaccines against Covid-19 following concern over the disparity in distribution among hospital groups.
Senator Martin Conway said certain questions remained unanswered in view of statements made by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly on this issue.
He said it looks as if the national vaccination group approached all the hospital groups and asked them how many they needed to vaccinate and the micro management of the roll out was managed by the individual hospital group.
“Why did Ennis Hospital receive vaccines initially and Nenagh Hospital didn’t? Why didn’t the mental health nurses get it?
Locations in Tralee and Killarney have been secured by the HSE to be used as mass COVID-19 vaccination centres. The hubs will form part of a national network of up to 40 centres. Fianna Fáil Kerry county councillor Mikey Sheehy, who is a member of the HSE South Regional Health Forum, says it is great […]
HSE actively considering vaccination centre locations in Cork
A spokesperson for Cork Kerry Community Health said that the standing up of these centres will be dependent on vaccine supply and workforce availability.
Mary Corcoran
THE HSE is currently “actively considering” a number of locations for Covid-vaccination centres in Cork and says it will stand up vaccinations centres when the availability of vaccines is increased.
The vaccination centres will be established as a joint project between the South/South West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare and will be spread across the Cork and Kerry region “with the aim of ensuring ease of access for as much of the public as possible, while also bearing in mind that each vaccination centre will need to meet many clinical and logistical requirements.”
Almost 30,000 patients removed from outpatient waiting lists in 2020 validation
Validation of outpatient waiting lists paused during 2020 back up and running
Almost 30,000 patients were removed from the national outpatient waiting list as a result of validation carried out during the year.
Between January 1 and the end of December 2020, the latest figures show a total of 29,479 patients were removed from the outpatient waiting list as a result of validation.
The National Centralised Validation Unit within the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), advised the Department of Health that the validation of the waiting list process, suspended at the end of March 2020 due to Covid-19, recommenced six months ago at the beginning of August.
Health Correspondent
Community vaccination against Covid-19 will begin in mid-February, subject to regulatory approval, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said.
It comes as the Department of Health reported seven more coronavirus-related deaths - bringing the total for January to 688.
A further 1,372 new cases of Covid-19 have also been reported. There are 219 people in intensive care with Covid-19, up one on yesterday.
Minister Donnelly said Ireland will receive vaccine delivery of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the lower end of the expected range for February.
The delivery in March is likely to be considerably lower than stated by the company.
Community vaccination will begin with those aged 85 years and older, followed by 80-84, 75-79 and 70-74.