University Hospital Limerick

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said the healthcare regulator will determine whether a second emergency department is needed following the death at UHL

Investigation sets out order of events for what happened after teenager’s arrival at UHL emergency department

Johnston (16) died of meningitis after she was left for more than 13 hours at UHL without ‘vital’ antibiotic treatment, report finds

Bernard Gloster tells Oireachtas committee that report into death of Aoife Johnston at UHL will be published by next Monday

HSE chief Bernard Gloster likely to face questions at Oireachtas committee on auditors’ report

Clare teenager (16) died of meningitis in December 2022 with suspected sepsis that went untreated for more than 12 hours

Internal audit report finds €14.2m overall paid out as part of waiting list initiative by University Hospital Limerick without an open competitive procurement process

Family wants unredacted report into death of 16-year-old in University Hospital Limerick in 2022 to be published to highlight ‘its shortcomings’, solicitor says

Clare girl (16) died of meningitis in December 2022 with suspected sepsis that went untreated for over 12 hours

There have been a number of cases in which people in high-profile positions at a healthcare facility that experienced controversy stepped down without any findings of wrongdoing being made against them

Health and social care regulator publishes terms of reference of new review into emergency department services in midwest region

Minister for Health says ‘the kind of reforms that have worked in other hospitals are not fully rolled out in UHL’

Decision to postpone scheduled care is ‘abandonment of the people’ in the midwest, says IHCA

While health watchdog Hiqa assesses whether the midwest requires a second ED, the latest moves suggest the answer is obvious

University Hospital Limerick among those hospitals requiring ‘resets’, says Bernard Gloster, amid emergency department demand

UL Hospital Group says elective inpatient and day surgery, endoscopy and outpatient appointments are deferred at several hospitals

Hospital’s management team met with HSE due to demand for emergency care ‘adversely affecting wait times and patient experience’

HSE to roll out ‘safe and efficient’ alternative as system struggles with demand for beds

Figures emerge amid increased scrutiny of hospital’s safety record following Aoife Johnston case

Meeting on impact of recruitment freeze told compensatory rest payments are now ‘embedded in the system’

HSE says only a third of consultants at Limerick hospital are working on new contractual terms put in place last year

Increased overcrowding at UHL, despite increased staff and budget, has been a source of controversy

Dr Muiris Houston: University Hospital Limerick has been a black spot for many years, while Beaumont is a good example of how a hospital can turn things around

The college student, in her 20s, had been visiting the site on Saturday

Another week, another damning report on the overcrowded Limerick hospital

Hiqa says that despite improvements patients in emergency department of UHL are still at risk of harm

INMO says 102 patients were on trolleys and in wards awaiting beds on Wednesday, although this was down 21 on the previous morning

Work to begin immediately on devising actions designed to ease crowding and pressures in hospital and HSE’s Mid West region

The aftermath of the inquest

The inquest into the 16-year-old’s death in December 2022 heard harrowing details of an emergency department that simply could not function

Dr Yvonne Williams of Shannon Medical Centre said that trust in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick had been eroded

In the past, there was a formula which ensured that the worse things were, the more money you got. That’s no longer the case

Tragic death of 16-year-old Aoife Johnston by medical misadventure comes amid other concerning cases and warnings from campaigners

Verdict of medical misadventure recorded for 16-year-old who died of “treatable” illness

16-year-old girl ‘had no chance’ when she presented at the hospital due to overcrowded and ‘dangerous’ conditions, says emergency medicine consultant

Consultant microbiologist said a different outcome was ‘highly likely’ if treatment was given in appropriate manner

Opposition leader highlights ‘dangerous’ recruitment embargo and chaos faced by staff at the hospital on a daily basis

Doctor says medicine that could have saved teenager’s life ‘wasn’t given as immediately as it should have’

Nurse manager says there were so many individual cases that night it was equivalent to major incident like bus crash

Parents of 16-year-old girl who died at University Hospital Limerick following a failure in her care give evidence