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Table 27: In and Out Flows of Activity for the Mid-West Movement Mid-West Discharges Inflow 2,724 Outflow 16,365 Net Gain/Loss -13,641 Source: Analysis of HIPE data, 2005. Hospitalisation rates Review of acute hospital services in HSE Mid-West An action plan for acute and community services The current rates of access to acute hospital services can be examined to assess use and equity of access. Hospitalisation rates (directly age and sex standardised against the European standard population), have been produced for medical, surgical, paediatric and obstetric admissions. This analysis is shown in Table 28. Table 28: Age and Sex Standardised Hospitalisation Rates (per 10,000 population) Admission Type County Medical Surgical Specialty Group Paediatric Obs/Gynae Other Limerick City 1,746 1,750 415 198 521 Elective Limerick County Clare 926 751 923 1,098 290 222 115 194 501 325 North Tipperary 896 1,438 163 653 388 Limerick City 1,203 645 3,221 1,603 23 Non-Elective Limerick County Clare 571 877 347 512 999 1,145 702 1,020 15 17 North Tipperary 954 688 1,129 747 19 Limerick City 2,949 2,394 3,636 1,801 543 Total Mid-West Limerick County Clare 1,497 1,628 1,270 1,610 1,289 1,367 816 1,214 515 343 North Tipperary 1,850 2,126 1,292 1,399 407 Source: Analysis of HIPE data, 2005. A comparison of hospitalisation rates across counties for medical admissions shows that the rate in Limerick City is significantly higher (2,949 discharges per 10,000 population) than the other counties and almost twice that of Limerick County. A similar pattern is seen across surgical and paediatric admissions with Limerick City residents having the highest hospitalisation rate. A potential factor contributing to this higher rate of admission from Limerick City residents into acute hospital services is the so called ‘distance decay effect’, whereby the utilisation of services is inversely related to the distance of patients from hospitals 50 . It must be borne in mind that the hospitalisation rates are based on discharge information available from HIPE, which includes data relating to public hospital activity only. 99
Consultant Medical Workforce Review of acute hospital services in HSE Mid-West An action plan for acute and community services The distribution of the consultant workforce across the HSE Mid-West area is presented in Table 29. This shows a consultant workforce of some 110 (104.9 wte) consultants across the area. Table 29: Distribution of the consultant workforce across the acute hospitals in the Mid-West Status and working patterns Consultant numbers Consultant sessions Consultants (calculated wte) Full-time: Single site 53 583 53.0 Full-time: Split site 52 550 50.0 Part-time: Single site 3 12 1.1 Part-time: Split site 2 9 0.8 All 110 1,154 104.9 Source: Individual hospital submissions with updates from the HSE NHO Mid-West area office. Note: Consultant staff wtes are calculated based on 11 sessions per wte consultant. There is almost a 50:50 split between those consultants who work on one hospital site only to those who split their sessional time across more than one hospital site. Nursing workforce The distribution of the total nursing workforce and also the clinical nurse/midwife specialist posts across the acute hospitals within the Mid-West is shown in Table 30. Table 30: Distribution of the nursing workforce across the Mid-West Hospital Number of Nurses Nurse (wte) CNS/CMS (wte) 51 % CNS/CMS of total nurse wte Dooradoyle 939 706.3 38 5.4% Ennis 118 95.4 4 4.2% Nenagh 154 111.2 3.5 3.1% Obstetrics 288 226.4 4 1.8% Croom 105 80.3 4 5.0% St. John’s 180 136.6 11 8.1% Total Mid-West 1,784 1,356.2 64.5 4.8% Source: Analysis of individual hospital submissions. This indicates that there are over 1,350 wte nurses supporting the delivery of healthcare within the acute hospital in the Mid-West, of which some 5% are clinical nurse/midwife specialists. 50 Rural Health and Healthcare: a North West Perspective, Institute of Health Research, Lancaster University, January 2004. 51 st Strategy & Action Plan for Nursing & Midwifery, Acute Hospital Services, HSE Mid-Western Area 2005-2008, 1 Annual Progress Report 2006. Health Service Executive, June 2006. 100
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