St. Lukes General Hospital
Kilkenny
Tel: 056 7785000

 

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

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Number of Beds

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

In Patient Acute: 228
Day Case Acute :12
In Patient Psychiatry:45
Total: 285

Link to Acute Hospital Bed Review documents

Click here to link to Acute Hospital Bed Review Appendix F: Network 6 - South Eastern (PDF 82.5KB)

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: 91
• Nursing: 399
• Health and Social Care Professionals: 60
• Management/admin: 115
• General Support Staff: 193
• Other Patient and Client Care: 23
• Total number of WTE (whole time equivalent) staff at end Dec 2008: 882

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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

• General Medicine
• Endocrinology
• General Medicine
• Oncology
• Palliative Medicine
• Rheumatology

Surgery

• General Surgery
• Dental Surgery

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

• Gynaecology
• Obstetrics

Paediatrics

• Paediatrics

Psychiatry

• Psychiatry

 

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Waiting Lists

figures from National Treatment Purchase Fund, Dated April 2009

• adult surgical patients waiting 3-6 months: 87
• adult surgical patients waiting 6-12 months: 41
• adult surgical patients waiting over 12 months: 8
• 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: 2
• adult medical patients waiting 6-12 months: 0
• adult medical patients waiting over 12 months:0
• child medical patients waiting 3-6 months:0
• child medical patients waiting 6-12 months:0
• child medical patients waiting over 12 months: 0

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 2008)

• No. of in-patient discharges in 2008: 15,957
• No. of in-patient discharges in 2007: 15,957
• No. of in-patient discharges in 2006: 15,286
• No. of in-patient discharges in 2005: 16,514

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Day Cases

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

• No. of Daycases in 2008: 9,260
• No. of Daycases in 2007: 8,316
• No. of Daycases in 2006: 5,421
• No. of Daycases in 2005: 4,861

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Outpatient Figures

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

• No. of outpatients in 2008: 51,804
• No. of outpatients in 2007: 42,442
• No. of outpatients in 2006 :40,843
• No. of outpatients in 2005: 38,585

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Average Length of Stay

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

• Cumulative figures for 2008: 5.2
• Cumulative figures for 2007: 5.5
• Cumulative figures for 2006: 5.6

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Emergency and Elective Figures

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

• No. of Emergency Department Presentations in 2007: 33,590
• No. of Emergency Department Attendances in 2006: 31,846
• No. of Emergency Department Admissions in 2007: 11,728
• No. of Emergency Department Admissions in 2006: 11,393
• Percentage of patients admitted as emergencies in 2008: 71.9
• Percentage of patients admitted as emergencies in 2007: 74.2
• Percentage of patients admitted as emergencies in 2006: 78.3
• Percentage of patients admitted electively in 2008: 28.1
• Percentage of patients admitted electively in 2007: 25.8
• Percentage of patients admitted electively in 2006: 21.7
  

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Expenditure

 

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

• Actual Expenditure in 2008: 59,645
• Actual Expenditure in 2007: 57,228
• Actual Expenditure in 2006: 51,163

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Births

(figures from the Performance Monitoring Unit, March 2009)

• Number of Live Births Jan - Feb 2009: 183
• Number of Live Births in 2008: 2,193
• Number of Live Births in 2007: 1,893
• Number of Live Births in 2006: 1,604

 

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Hygiene Results

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

• 2nd Hygiene Audit results: 89
• 1st Hygiene Audit Results: 76

 

• 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 St. Lukes Hospital Kilkenny.pdf (size 606.7 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
St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny	163	3	1.8%	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

St. Lukes General Hospital, Kilkenny	SAU Number	MRSA Number	% MRSA	MRSA Rate per 1,000 bed days used
2006	23	6	26.1%	0.07
2007	20	10	50.0%	0.11
Q4 2007 - Q3 2008*	11	4	36.4%	0.05

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

 

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HealthStat

 

Click here to access the HealthStat Monthly Performance Activity Dashboard for St. Lukes General Hospital Kilkenny.

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Last updated on: 22 / 04 / 2010