Tag: GUH
41,000 wait for hospital treatment in Galway
It’s official – Galway University Hospitals are the worst in the country for waiting lists.
The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) figures reveal that more than...
Health service lurching from crisis to crisis
Galway’s public health service continues to lurch from crisis to crisis with a surge in people waiting on trolleys the latest scandal to hit...
Programme for tackling obesity wins international award
A health programme aimed at tackling obesity, developed and delivered by the West of Ireland Heart & Stroke Charity Croí, in collaboration with the...
HSE West in campaign to woo emigrant nurses back
The Health Service Executive (HSE) West will engage in campaigns to attract overseas Irish nurses back to work in Galway’s public hospitals.
Tony Canavan, Chief...
€10.5m spent on agency staff at Galway hospitals
Expenditure on agency staff at Galway’s public hospitals has spiralled five-fold in just five years.
Hiring agency staff is an expensive mechanism used by hospitals...
UHG extension work to begin in New Year
A new 75-bed extension to University Hospital Galway could start as soon as “next January or February”, according to local Labour Party TD, Derek...