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‘Large and significant increase’ sought in numbers of Intensive Care Consultants
Workforce report issued in tandem with Government commitment on ICU bed capacity
A large and significant increase in the numbers of consultants and trainees is required to meet intensive care medicine (ICM) requirements for the next five to 10 years, underlines a new workforce report which seeks an expansion in numbers from 13 to 58 ICM Consultants.
Phased expansion plans, under five day or seven day working week models, pressed for “a large but necessary expansion in consultant numbers”.
A total of 138 Consultants were contributing to adult ICM in the public sector in 2020. This comprised three groups providing Intensive Care Medicine care in Ireland.
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UNIVERSITY Hospital Limerick is to receive an additional six critical care beds in 2021, the Minister for Health has announced.
Stephen Donnelly, TD, has this Friday revealed details of a strategic multi-year plan to expand adult critical care capacity nationwide from 255 beds to 446 beds.
Work on Phase One of the plan has already begun and will see 321 adult critical care beds in place by the end of 2021, compared to 255 at the start of this year. This figure includes six beds at University Hospital Limerick.
The additional beds will be funded by €52 million allocated in Budget 2021. This funding will also allow for education and training initiatives to increase the critical care workforce and for investment in critical care retrieval services.