A new ‘Urgent Care Centre’ has been recommended for University Hospital Limerick as part of efforts to alleviate overcrowding.
The recommendation is contained in a new draft plan from a Midwest steering group formed to look at the issue.
Similar facilities are being developed to ease overcrowding issues in the UK, in order to reduce demand for A&E services.
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Walk-in patients currently account for over 50% of patients at UHL’s Emergency Department and Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey says Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly needs to take the recommendations on board.
