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St James’s Hospital
Since 1997 progress has been made at the hospital;

• Double the number of day cases
• More than 50% more staff
• More than a third more beds

New Admission Lounge in A&E now open
A new 15 bed Admission unit is now open in St James’s Hospital so those who do have to wait can now do so in privacy, comfort and with dignity. This has improved the overall comfort within the A&E units themselves by easing the demand for capacity. 

99 New Beds for St James’s Hospital
Under the new co-location project a private hospital will be built on the grounds of the Hospital. This will free up 99 existing 'designated' private beds for public patients in the hospital. It is expected that the contract will be signed this year.

Waiting Times down
Waiting Times are down for many procedures in St James ‘s Hospital from 2-5 years to just 2-5 months.

• Excision of a skin lesion-1 month
• Varicose veins-2 months
• Tonsillectomy-2 months
• Hernia Repair-2 months
• D&C-1 month

National Treatment Purchase Fund
Under the National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting times have been slashed from an average of 2-5 year to 2-5 months. Over 2500 people from Dublin South Central have availed of treatment under the fund. The aim of the NTPF is to get people treated quickly and to get them back to their families as soon as possible after their operations.

Hygiene
St James’s Hospital passed the Hospital Hygiene Audit in July 06 with an overall result of 86% for the second year in a row.

GP Out of Hours
The LukeDoc and DubDoc out of hours service covers the Dublin South Central area. LukeDoc is based at the St. Luke’s Hospital Campus in Rathgar and DubDoc is based at the St James Hospital campus. DubDoc covers: D8, D10, D12 and half of D6 and Lucan. DubDoc was established in October 1998 and LukeDoc in November 2004.
Coombe Women’s Hospital
We are committed to delivering;

• A new 14 bed neo natal unit
• Modernisation of ward areas to include better facilities ie en-suites etc

Our Lady’s Hospice, Harolds Cross
We will provide a new 50 bedded unit & day care unit for Older People along with 50 replacement beds to transfer existing patients from two-storey building the development will also incorporate the consolidation of therapy, day care & ancillary facilities on the campus site.

Meath Hospital
We are taking an integrated approach to the redevelopment at two locations, Cork Street and Heytesbury Street. Particular emphasis will be given to improving existing residential care accomadation for older people and primary care facilities.
Community Health Projects