Lucy Nugent, CEO of Tallaght University Hospital has welcomed the official announcement by Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly that the Hospital has been approved for 196 new beds.
“This is a very positive development as we forge even closer links with you our medical colleagues in the community.,” said Ms. Nugent.
“As you know our hospital has been operating over capacity for many years as the population of the area that we serve has grown significantly, with increased demand coming from an older and more complex patient group.
“Once constructed, the new single rooms will also make it much easier to control infection. We are looking forward to progressing this build as quickly as possible on the shovel-ready site already identified on our grounds, beside the Phoenix Staff Restaurant. We have also just launched our first-ever Five-Year Research & Innovation Strategy for the Hospital, which outlines plans to build a new state-of-the-art Innovation Centre and Clinical Research Facility on our main campus. This will enable us to continue the important work of developing new and better ways to treat our patients.”
Tallaght University Hospital is also planning a number of quality improvement projects in the Outpatient Department.. The primary aim of this, is to make it easier for patients and GPs to access the OPD. This will be achieved by improving OPD processes, to empower patients to engage proactively with the Hospital at key points throughout their outpatient journey.
“We also hope that digitalising the referrals process will improve communication with you, our GP colleagues in the community,” said the CEO.
“The focus in TUH will be aligning our staff, processes and technology to achieve these goals. The immediate focus will be to increase the volume of OPD referrals that we are receiving digitally and move away from paper referrals.”
