A total of 108 new beds have been approved for University Hospital Kerry
Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly, today announced an additional 580 beds for the south west healthcare region under a new acute hospital inpatient bed capacity expansion plan.
It has been introduced in response to the ongoing capacity review and aims to bring the number of beds in HSE South West from 2.1 per 100,000 people to 2.6. It also delivers on the minister’s commitment to ensure balanced regional bed capacity and to ensure patients across Ireland have equity of access (see table below)
The plan includes:
- 108 new beds in University Hospital Kerry
- 342 new beds in Cork University Hospital
- 82 new beds in Mercy University Hospital
- 24 new beds in Mallow General Hospital
- 24 new beds in Bantry General Hospital
The development forms part of a major national plan which marks the biggest expansion of bed capacity in the health service in several decades, with a total of 3,352 additional acute inpatient beds planned for delivery across three tranches up to 2031.
Minister Donnelly said the investment recognises that the growing and ageing population is placing more demands on our healthcare services and he is determined to drive forward with expansion that ensures people have access to the right care in the right place at the right time.
“We must plan carefully for the future by considering the evolving needs of our changing population. The new beds mark a very important step forward in our efforts to improve capacity right across our health service, delivering a better care for the people across the region,” Minister Donnelly stated.
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