It is well established that the early signs of dementia are not infrequently missed when a patient presents to hospital with an acute medical...
Emergency Department Dementia Care Pathway
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Emergency Department ‘Hitlist’ Dr Fergal Hickey reveals the facts
On 10th July 2016 a front-page report in the Sunday Business Post appeared under the heading 'A&E Hitlist' The article, based on a leaked...
VTE Dublin 2016
Following the success of VTE 2015, the Mater Hospital ED group has asked global experts in venous thromboembolism to speak at VTE Dublin 2016 on...
IAEM President, Mr Mark Doyle, responds to the report carried in the Irish Independent that in 2015 48,000 patients had left Ireland's Emergency...
Worsening Emergency Department crisis continues
Dr Fergal Hickey, IAEM Communications Officer, speaks on RTE Six One News on Wednesday 4th April as 522...
As new figures show 522 patients awaiting hospital admission for whom there isn't a hospital bed and as the inability to form a stable government...