Articles tagged with: Monaghan General Hospital

The HSE announced on Monday that it is to carry out a feasibility study into the possibility of locating a Primary Care Centre at Monaghan General Hospital “either within or proximal to the existing hospital site.” The information was contained in a response to a notice of motion tabled at Monday’s meeting of the HSE Regional Health Forum in Kells by Monaghan Co Council representatives Robbie Gallagher, David Maxwell and Brian McKenna. The motion asked the HSE North East to investigate the Monaghan General Hospital location as a matter ...

The potency of the Monaghan General Hospital issue as a generator of pungent political debate was demonstrated once again in the meeting chamber of Monaghan Town Council on Tuesday night. A discussion on the proposals to close the kitchen in the facility which arose at the conclusion of the meeting evolved into a lengthy and at times quite heated discussion when the Fine Gael Cathaoirleach of the authority, David Maxwell, reacted to Sinn Féin suggestions that he and his colleagues consider resignation over the Monaghan Hospital issue with a ...

The members of Monaghan Co Council on Tuesday gave their full backing to calls on Minister for Health Dr James Reilly to intervene to reverse the decision to close the kitchen facilities at Monaghan General Hospital and St Mary’s Hospital in Castleblayney. Correspondence on the issue from Fine Gael TD for Cavan/Monaghan Sean Conlan stated that his enquiries had ascertained that the decision to amalgamate the kitchen services at the two hospitals with St Davnet’s Hospital in Monaghan Town was “a local initiative” taken by staff and area management, ...

The members of Monaghan Co Council on Tuesday gave their full backing to calls on Minister for Health Dr James Reilly to intervene to reverse the decision to close the kitchen facilities at Monaghan General Hospital and St Mary’s Hospital in Castleblayney. Correspondence on the issue from Fine Gael TD for Cavan/Monaghan Sean Conlan stated that his enquiries had ascertained that the decision to amalgamate the kitchen services at the two hospitals with St Davnet’s Hospital in Monaghan Town was “a local initiative” taken by staff and area management, ...

Although no longer the focus of high visibility intensity of campaigning or high volume public concern, the issue of Monaghan General Hospital is still one of great importance to our county. As can be interpreted from our coverage of local authority proceedings, the hospital issue still figures regularly for discussion in the chambers of Monaghan Co and Town Councils. The failure for significant service improvements there to manifest despite an expectation cultivated in some quarters that this would be so following a change of government is still a ...

The Health Service Executive has been asked to consider Monaghan General Hospital as a possible location for the development of a primary care centre. Fianna Fåil Co Councillor Robbie Gallagher told The Northern Standard yesterday that he and his Co Council colleagues Brian McKenna and David Maxwell had advocated the move at the recent meeting of the HSE’s Regional Health Forum for Dublin and the North-East. A primary care facility was supposed to be prioritized for Monaghan Town in the aftermath of the loss of acute services at ...

An 11% increase in the number of people using Monaghan General Hospital’s day care services was highlighted at the March meeting of Monaghan Co Council by Fine Gael’s David Maxwell. Colr Maxwell called on the public to be aware of the services that were still being provided at the hospital and to make use of them. The meeting agreed to again call on FG TDs for Cavan/Monaghan Sean Conlan and Heather Humphreys to make representations to Minister for Health Dr James Reilly to secure a meeting for a ...

By PATSY McARDLE THE Heath Minister Dr. James Reilly has been urged by local Fine Gael TD, Deputy Sean Conlan to ‘take whatever steps are necessary’ to prevent any further threat to Monaghan General Hospital and also to St Mary’s Hospital in Castleblayney. Deputy Conlan said yesterday that any proposed cuts should not be at the expense of front-line healthcare services provided by Monaghan Hospital or at St Mary’s Hospital in Blayney.He called on Minister Reilly to investigate if there is “any substance” to recent reports that the ...

Cavan/Monaghan Fianna Fáil TD, Brendan Smith has this week accused the Minister for Health Dr James Reilly of refusing a request for the restoration of full hours at the Minor Injuries Unit in Monaghan Hospital. The Minister, in a reply to questions raised by the Deputy Smith, has stated that a review into whether a Medical Assessment Unit at Monaghan would be justified and cost effective is still ongoing. Deputy Smith had tabled parliamentary questions to Minister Reilly regarding what the Cavan-based TD called the need to restore ...

FINE Gael Dail deputy Sean Conlan has this week refuted a claim by Sinn Fein’s Deputy Caoimhghin O’Caolain of ‘double standards’ in relation to Monaghan General Hospital, and has, in turn, highlighted what he described as “the double standards and hypocrisy of Sinn Fein”. In a statement issued yesterday, Deputy Conlan said “ Sinn Fein is always telling the public that they are an All-Ireland party. In Northern Ireland they are in government where they are introducing severe cuts to the Health Service because ...