Navan Hospital's Patient Safety Risks Persist

0:00Stay informed with your news today, AI-powered updates. I'm Corey with the story. HIQA just dropped their latest inspection report on our lady's hospital in Noven, and the big issue is patient safety risks from not having acute surgical services right there on site. This check happened back in November 2025, and they say those dangers are still hanging around, not fully fixed by the HSE yet. Since emergency surgery shut down in 2010, they've got ambulance bypass rules to send critical folks straight to other spots, plus a transfer policy. For anyone who shows up needing surgery, Noven runs as a Model 3 hospital, which is supposed to mean 24-7 acute surgery, but instead it handles planned ops and medical inpatient care. Locals have been up in arms about this for years, worried it could lead to the emergency department closing all together. It's the last of nine hospitals from that 2013 framework, shifting to Model 2 status, ditching the full-time ED.

1:00From January to early November 2025, they transferred 205-8 surgical patients elsewhere, 1.5 a day on average. This was a follow-up to their June 2024 visit, and while there's been talks with HSE bosses and a task force laying out fixes, those recommendations are still just sitting on the table, not rolled out. So the core problem sticks around, challenging the whole setup, and everyone's watching to see if the HSE steps up with real changes soon.