Cork University Hospital

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Cork University Hospital
Wilton
Cork.
Tel: 021 4546400
Fax: 021 4343307

Website: www.cuh.hse.ie

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
Hygiene Results
HealthStat

Number of Beds

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

In Patient Acute: 519
Day Case Acute :58
In Patient Psychiatry:46
Total: 623

Link to Acute Hospital Bed Review documents

Click here to link to Acute Hospital Bed Review Appendix D: Network 4 - Southern (PDF 85.1KB)

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

Staff

(figures from Employment Monitoring Unit, Dec 2008. Staff figures include staffing for both the Cork University Hospital CUH and the Cork University Maternity Hospital CUMH)

Medical/Dental: 394
Nursing: 1,388
Health and Social Care Professionals: 439
Management/admin: 439
General Support Staff: 533
Other Patient and Client Care: 105
Total number of WTE (whole time equivalent) staff at end Dec 2008: 3,298

(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

General Medicine
Cardiology
Dermatology
Diabetes Mellitus
Endocrinology
Gastro-Enterology
Geriatric Medicine
Infectious Disease
Nephrology
Neurology
Oncology
Palliative Medicine
Respiratory Medicine
Rheumatology

Surgery

General Surgery
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Maxillofacial
Neurosurgery
Opthalamology
Orthopaedics
Otolaryngology (ENT)
Plastic Surgery
Urology
Vascular Surgery

Emergency Medicine

Accident and Emergency

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Obstetrics

Paediatrics

Paediatrics
Paediatric Cardiology
Paediatric Neurology
Paedriatic Respiratory Medicine

Anaesthesia

Anaesthetics

Pathology

Haematology

Radiology

Neuroradiology
Radiology
Radiotherapy

Waiting lists

(figures from National Treatment Purchase Fund, Dated April 2009)

adult surgical patients waiting 3-6 months: 220
adult surgical patients waiting 6-12 months: 182
adult surgical patients waiting over 12 months: 47
child surgical patients waiting 3-6 months: 39
child surgical patients waiting 6-12 months: 28
child surgical patients waiting over 12 months: 24
adult medical patients waiting 3-6 months: 28
adult medical patients waiting 6-12 months: 89
adult medical patients waiting over 12 months: 99
child medical patients waiting 3-6 months: 0
child medical patients waiting 6-12 months: 0
child medical patients over 12 months: 1

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Inpatient Discharge Figures

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

No. of in-patient discharges in 2008: 25,631
No. of in-patient discharges in 2007: 26,074
No. of in-patient discharges in 2006: 27,548
No. of in-patient discharges in 2005: 26,962

Day Cases

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

No. of Daycases in 2008: 46,104
No. of Daycases in 2007: 41,887
No. of Daycases in 2006: 43,508
No. of Daycases in 2005: 42,600

Outpatient Figures

(figures from Corporate Planning and Control Processes, Dec 20078)

No. of outpatients in 2008: 134,470
No. of outpatients in 2007: 134,351
No. of outpatients in 2006: 140,275
No. of outpatients in 2005: 134,673

Average Length of Stay

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

Cumulative figures for 2008: 6.3
Cumulative figures for 2007: 6.3
Cumulative figures for 2006: 6.2

Emergency and Elective Figures

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

No. of Emergency Department Presentations in 2007: 58,446
No. of Emergency Department Presentations in 2006: 58,322
No. of Emergency Department Admissions in 2007: 17,351
No. of Emergency Department Admissions in 2006: 18,459
Percentage of patients admitted as emergencies in 2008:70.9
Percentage of patients admitted as emergencies in 2007: 65.4
Percentage of patients admitted as emergencies in 2006: 65.8
Percentage of patients admitted electively in 2008: 29.1
Percentage of patients admitted electively in 2007: 34.6
Percentage of patients admitted electively in 2006: 34.2

Expenditure

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

Actual Expenditure in 2008: 301,627
Actual Expenditure in 2007: 254,773
Actual Expenditure in 2006: 204,303

Hygiene Results

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

2nd Hygiene Audit results: 83
1st Hygiene Audit Results: 81

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

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

A sample number of acute hospitals were surveyed (public & private). Cork University Hospital was not included in this survey.

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.
Cork University Hospital~	SAU Number	MRSA Number	% MRSA	MRSA rate per 1,000 bed days used
2006	125	43	34.4%	0.26
2007	128	39	30.5%	0.18
Q4 2007 – Q3 2008*	94	21	22.3%	0.10

~ In 2007, maternity services at Eirnville Hospital and St. Finbarrs hospital, Cork transferred to Cork University Maternity Hospital, which together with Cork University Hospital (CUH) compose CUH group. All data for CUH group as of 2007 are presented under CUH.
* Not a calendar year (2008 data are provisional)
Source: Health Protection Surveillance Centre
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