Outpatient appointments at UHL are to resume next week.
However, reductions in scheduled care will continue at the hospital over the coming days.
UL Hospitals Group Statement:
Outpatient clinics will resume at UHL on Monday, January 9th and patients with an appointment are advised to attend.
Outpatient clinics at Ennis, Nenagh, St John’s, Croom Orthopaedic and University Maternity Hospital Limerick remain unaffected this week and next with patients advised to attend.
Planned reductions in scheduled care at UHL mean that only time-critical elective surgery will take place next week.
We regret that we must now delay our plan to resume day surgery in our model 2 hospitals from next week. This will result in cancellations for patients scheduled for day case procedures in Ennis, Nenagh and St John’s hospitals.
Day beds at these hospitals are being used as additional, or surge capacity, for inpatients being admitted locally or transferred from UHL. There will also be reductions in elective surgery at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital from next week.
University Hospital Limerick, Ennis, Nenagh and St John’s Hospital are all operating at or above capacity as hospitals across the region manage a wave of illness largely driven by acute respiratory conditions.
Some elective patients at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital will also be deferred. Affected patients at all hospitals will be contacted directly by our staff and we will rescheduled these patients as soon as possible.
We apologise to every patient who is currently experiencing a long wait for admission at UHL, and for the inconvenience and frustration this causes for patients’ loved ones.
