Enhanced access to appropriate health care services, to meet their clinical needs, for a wider proportion of the population.
Safe retrieval/transfer of severely injured/critically ill patients for Critical Care and other specialist care in tertiary hospitals.
Enhanced clinical outcomes for severely injured / critically ill patients due to earlier appropriate decision to transfer, stabilisation prior to transport and specialised care en-route.
Reductions in Average Length of Stay (ALOS) for affected categories of patients. This results also in savings for the healthcare system through the work of the National Clinical Programmes.
Availability of specialist care for the patient while also optimising and utilising clinical resources within the National Health Service.
Skilled teams available to regional and outlying hospitals. Capital and regional based retrieval teams/services will be an efficient and effective strategy for providing workforce support to regional and outlying hospitals.
Priorities for 2017
Develop national electronic data collection for quality metrics specific to the transport environment.
Invest in building enhanced partnerships with the existing services in Galway, while also identifying future models of care for adult retrieval.
Develop a business case to support expansion of the Paediatric and Neonatal Retrieval Service.
Work in partnership with NAS to build on the current investment and service provision for the NTMP.
Standardise equipment for adult retrieval teams and regional centres.
Expansion of MICAS from 9-5 5 day service to 8-8 7 day week service in Dublin
Process to transition from a programme structure to an operational service
The establishment of a National Retrieval Coordination Desk
Development of retrieval hubs in Cork and Galway
The establishment of a single telephone number for all Retrieval requests
