Calls are being made for changes to the GP referral system to ease pressure on the emergency department at the region’s main hospital.
It comes as trolley numbers at University Hospital Limerick reached a near-record 80 on Monday this week, the latest spike in overcrowding there.
Regional Health Forum members Councillors Ann Norton, Bill Chambers and Cillian Murphy have called on the Minister for Health to empower Clare GPs to refer patients to private hospitals, in the event of excessive trolleys numbers at UHL.
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They want to see the costs for patients covered by the HSE. Councillor Norton believes it’s time to think outside the box:
