Walsh lauds innovative day-care model

Adoping an international best practice day-care model can deliver optimum efficiency and patient care in Irish hospitals.

That is the view of Ed Walsh, the chairman of a new strategic advisory board to Barrington’s Hospital in Limerick. Founding president of University of Limerick, Dr Walsh was commenting on figures showing that 95 per cent of admissions to the private hospital in Limerick are now day cases.

“GPs are playing a pivotal role in the change and they have really embraced what we are doing at Barrington’s as more and more seek the day-care option for their patients for elective procedures.

“They do this because they know it is exactly what their patients want – to spend the absolute minimum time in hospital and maximum recovery time at home.” (Times) >