Cavan General Hospital
Lisdarn
Cavan
Tel: 049 4376000

 

Hospital Figures

• Number of Beds
• Staff
• Hospital Specialities
• Waiting Lists
• Inpatient Discharge Figures
• Day Case Figures
• Outpatient Figures
• Average Length of Stay
• Emergency and Elective Figures
• Expenditure
• Births
• Hygiene Results
• HealthStat

Link to Transfer of Acute Medical Services from Monaghan Hospital to Cavan General Hospital

 

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Number of Beds

(Figures from the NHO Performance Management Unit, Jan 2009)

• In Patient Acute: 193
• Day Case Acute :46
• In Patient Psychiatry:25
• Total: 264

Link to Acute Hospital Bed Review documents

Click here to link to Acute Hospital Bed Review Appendix A: Network 1 - North Eastern (PDF 127.1KB)

Click here to link to HIQA Hospital Accreditation Survey reports and information

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Staff

(figures from Employment Monitoring Unit, Dec 2008)

• Medical/Dental: 87
• Nursing: 325
• Health and Social Care Professionals: 78
• Management/admin: 114
• General Support Staff: 92
• Other Patient and Client Care: 71
• Total nunber of WTE (whole time equivalent) staff at end Dec 2008: 768

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Hospital Specialties

(In-patient services may not be provided for all of the specialities listed below i.e. some of these specialties may only be provided on an outpatient or daycase basis. Specialties from the Performance Management Unit, 2007.)

Medicine

• Dermatology
• Dialysis
• General Medicine
• Nephrology
• Oncology
• Respiratory Medicine

Surgery

• Dental Surgery
• General Surgery
• Ophthalmology
• Vascular Surgery

Emergency Medicine

• Accident and Emergency

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

• Gynaecology
• Obstetrics

Paediatrics

• Paediatrics

Anaesthesia

• Anesthetics

 Psychiatry

• Psychiatry

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Waiting Lists

figures from National Treatment Purchase Fund, Dated Nov 2009

• adult surgical patients waiting 3-6 months: 10
• adult surgical patients waiting 6-12 months: 6
• adult surgical patients waiting over 12 months: 2
  
• child surgical patients waiting 3-6 months: 0
• child surgical patients waiting 6-12 months: 0
• child surgical patients waiting over 12 months: 0
  
• adult medical patients waiting 3-6 months: 1
• adult medical patients waiting 6-12 months: 0
• adult medical patients waiting over 12 months: 2

 

Click here to visit the National Treatment Purchase Fund website 

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Inpatient Discharge Figures

(figures from Corporate Planning and Control Processes, Dec 2009)

 

• No. of in-patient discharges in 2009: 14,822
• No. of in-patient discharges in 2008: 13,813
• No. of in-patient discharges in 2007: 13,220
• No. of in-patient discharges in 2006: 12,819
• No. of in-patient discharges in 2005: 11,851

 

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Day Cases

(figures from Corporate Planning and Control Processes, Dec 2009)

• No. of daycases in 2009: 8,430
• No. of daycases in 2008: 8,199
• No. of daycases in 2007: 7,495
• No. of daycases in 2006: 7,611
• No. of daycases in 2005: 6,207 

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Outpatient Attendances Figures

(figures from Corporate Planning and Control Processes, Dec 2008)

• No. of outpatients in 2009: 55,234
• No. of outpatients in 2008: 57,472
• No. of outpatients in 2007: 58,785
• No. of outpatients in 2006: 52,827
• No. of outpatients in 2005: 29,393

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Average Length of Stay

(Figures from Corporate Planning and Control Processes, Dec 2009)

• Cumulative Figures for 2009: 4.5
• Cumulative Figures for 2008: 4.6
• Cumulative Figures for 2007: 5.4
• Cumulative Figures for 2006: 4.9

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Emergency and Elective Figures

(figures from Corporate Planning and Control Processes, Dec 2009)

• No. of  Emergency Presentations in 2009: 32,672
• No. of  Emergency Presentations in 2008: 28,054
• No. of  Emergency Presentations in 2007: 26,487
• No. of  Emergency Presentations in 2006: 24,064
  
  
• No. of  Emergency Admissions 2009:10,672
• No. of  Emergency Admissions 2008: 9,655
• No. of  Emergency Admissions 2007: 9,444
• No. of  Emergency Admissions 2006: 9,340

 

• No. of ED Attendances 2009: 28,177
• No. of ED Attendances 2008: 27,115
• No. of ED Attendances 2007: 25,669
• No. of ED Attendances 2006: 22,998
  
  
• Percentage of inpatients admitted as emergencies in 2009: 72.0%
• Percentage of inpatients admitted as emergencies in 2008: 69.7%
• Percentage of inpatients admitted as emergencies in 2007: 71.7%
• Percentage of inpatients admitted as emergencies in 2006: 71.9%
  
  
• Percentage of inpatients admitted electively in 2009: 28.0%
• Percentage of inpatients admitted electively in 2008: 30.3%
• Percentage of inpatients admitted electively in 2007: 28.3%
• Percentage of inpatients admitted electively in 2006: 28.1%

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Expenditure

(figures from Corporate Planning and Control Processes, Dec 2008)

• Actual Expenditure in 2009: 72,978
• Actual Expenditure in 2008: 72,211
• Actual Expenditure in 2007: 68,163
• Actual Expenditure in 2006: 60.432

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Births

(figures from the Performance Monitoring Unit, 2009)

• Number of Live Births in 2009:
• Number of Live Births in 2008: 1,949
• Number of Live Births in 2007: 1,730
• Number of Live Births in 2006: 1,501

 

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Hygiene Results

(figures from HSE Hygiene Reports. Good>=85; fair 76-84%; poor<=75%)

• 2nd Hygiene Audit results: 76
• 1st Hygiene Audit Results: 71

 

• National Acute Hospitals Hygiene Audit Oct 2005.pdf (size 92.7 KB)
• Appendices National Acute Hospitals Hygiene Audit.pdf (size 541.9 KB)
• National Acute Hospital Hygiene Audit, June 2006.pdf (size 683.5 KB)

 

Links to Health Information Quality Authority (HIQA) Hygiene Quality Review documents

• HIQA Hygiene Services Assessment Report Oct 2007 Cavan General Hospital.pdf (size 550.6 KB)
• HIQA National Hygiene Services Quality Review Oct 2007.pdf (size 855.7 KB)
• HIQA National Hygiene Services Quality Review 2007 Appendix 1 Hospital Ratings.pdf (size 34.3 KB)
• Link to HIQA National Hygiene Services Quality Review 2008.pdf (3.11MB)
• Link to HIQA National Hygiene Services Quality Review 2008 Appendix 1 Hospital Ratings.pdf (110KB)

 

Health Care Associated Infection (HCAI) Survey Results, March 2007

Hospital name	Number of patients surveyed	Number of patients with HCAI	% with HCAI (HCAI rate)	Number of patients with MRSA-related HCAI
Cavan General Hospital	137	5	3.6%	0

 

• Third Survey of Infections in Acute Hospitals - March 2007.pdf (size 79.3 KB)
  
  
  

HSE Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI) Report on Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates in Ireland by acute public hospital by year for 2006, 2007 and the latest 4-quarter period, Q4 2007 – Q3 2008.

Cavan General Hospital	SAU Number	MRSA Number	% MRSA	MRSA rate per 1,000 bed days used
2006	15	5	33.3%	0.09
2007	24	9	37.5%	0.14
Q4 2007 – Q3 2008*	24	3	12.5%	0.05

* Not a calendar year (2008 data are provisional)
Source: Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Click here to link to main reports

HealthStat

Click here to link to the HealthStat Monthly Performance Activity Dashboard for Cavan General Hospital.

 

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Last updated on: 21 / 04 / 2010