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ceo's message
message from the ceo
the number waiting over six months for
inpatient care is down 20 per cent and 29
per cent for day-case care. the marked
reductions are mainly due to improved
efficiencies by staff.
• In 2006 our Emergency Department target
was admission within 24 hours. today
most EDs are admitting or discharging
patients within 6 hours.
• Outpatient waiting lists are being
measured and tackled for the first time
and we have seen a 6 per cent increase in
new patient attendances so far this year.
• We have far better cancer services and
Vital concepts in healthcare
waiting times are down – 82 per cent
of women with breast findings who are
considered urgent are now offered an
appointment within two weeks of referral.
• Over 500 state-of-the-art community
nursing beds providing high quality
residential care for older people have been
HOCHTIEF delivers integrated services covering the life cycle of infrastructure projects, real estate
constructed around the country in record
and facilities. The modules of our product and service mix are closely interrelated and cover every
time, and at 40 per cent less cost than
previous similar types of facilities. Over
link in the project value chain.
400 more will be completed shortly.
• Major strides have been made in the
HOCHTIEF Facility Management Ireland is a subsidiary of this international construction-related
The CEO recently visited Letterkenny General Hospital in Co Donegal. Professor Drumm is
development of Child and Adolescent
services group. We operate an overall management strategy for the holistic management of
pictured here chatting with Dr Michael Sugrue, Consultant Breast Surgeon (left) and Clare Duffy,
Mental Health Teams, with 54 teams now
buildings leaving clients free to concentrate on their core business.
Mammographer and Geraldine McGregor, Breast Nurse Specialist. in place.
• The national mental health policy ‘Vision
In the management of healthcare properties our services include
• operation and maintenance of all buildings and technical plants I
reland’s health service is steadily climbing would like to add to the list please send an for Change’ is being implemented in a
up the Euro Health Consumer Index email to internalcomms@hse.ie. planned and progressive way.
(up 15 places this year). However the • The number of children and adolescent
• cleanroom solutions
authors suggest that this improvement is IMprovINg paTIeNT aNd ClIeNT psychiatric beds has increased by 150
• project management and commercial services
not recognised by the general public. It says ServICeS per cent from 12 last year to 30 which are
that our health care service has a domestic • We are now providing more care to located in Dublin, Cork and Galway.
• utilities solutions
‘marketing problem’. more people. (2005– 2008: Day Cases • Year on year the number of children in
• contracting and energy management
I don’t think we are getting across to up 25 per cent, Inpatient up 5 per cent, care with Care Plans has increased by
the public the breadth and depth of the Outpatient up 26 per cent, Home Help up over 20 per cent to 85 per cent.
You’re talking to experts – our prescription works!
improvements that are being made to the 12 per cent, Home care up 70 per cent
way our health services are being delivered and Emergency Calls up 7 per cent). expaNdINg prIMary Care
and managed. • Our costs have been reduced by • State-of-the-art primary care centers
For further information please visit www.hochtief-fm.ie
this is not surprising as we tend to look e600 million. are being developed in locations that
or call 01 215-7000
more towards the needs of the next patient • Waiting time for procedures are coming stretch from letterkenny to ringsend to
or client rather than past achievements. down due to better ways of working, Mallow. By the end of 2012 the Primary
these examples highlight what HSE staff more performance measurement and Care infrastructure in this country will be
across the country are achieving. If you more community services. Year on year world class.
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