“On the 1st January 2023, I was incredibly honoured to take up the post of Master of the Rotunda Hospital. I would like to start by acknowledging the incredible work of Prof. Fergal Malone over the previous seven years who had guided the hospital through the Covid Pandemic and the Cyber Attack on our Electronic Medical Records, while all the time ensuring that the hospital moved forward on multiple fronts. The approval for the Critical Care Wing Development was also secured during Prof. Malone’s term as Master.
One of my principal responsibilities will be to ensure that this Critical Care Wing is delivered over the next seven years.
My first year as Master has been an incredibly exciting, challenging and rewarding year. We have delivered 8,442 babies during the year and have cared for almost 10,000 pregnant women, in addition we have cared for almost 1,700 babies in our Paediatric Service. Our perinatal mortality rate, and in particular our perinatal death rate in women at term is a huge credit all the staff. The rate of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy is at a record low with a rate of 0.71/1000 births. These tragic events can happen despite the best efforts of all involved in the clinical care of women and while I am delighted to be reporting such excellent figures, I readily acknowledge that these numbers can vary
year on year.
In terms of Gyneacology, we have had more than 3,700 women who required inpatient/day case surgery and now have the busiest Gynaecology Service in Ireland. We receive almost 1,000 new referrals a month but our waiting lists continue to be managed well, with no woman waiting more than 12 months to be seen. We are particularly focused on those women who wait longer than 9 months and are working towards achieving the Slaintecare targets of 10 weeks for an outpatient appointment.” – Prof Sean Daly, Master of the Rotunda Hospital.
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The Earl Building will provide services to over 100,000 appointments annually.
Dublin, 17th November 2023: Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly T.D. has today visited the site of the new outpatient and ambulatory services for the Rotunda Hospital, which will be situated in the Earl Building in the newly revamped Clery’s Quarter. The site was procured by the HSE for the Rotunda and will cater for over 100,000 outpatient and ambulatory patients annually
Once commissioned, the new site will be the primary location for clinics which will provide a range of outpatient services for over 100,000 patients. The following services will be provided from the Earl Building:
- Maternity Outpatients
- Paediatric Outpatients
- Colposcopy
- Perinatal Mental Health
- Allied Health- Social Work/Dietetics
The relocation of outpatient services to the Earl Building is a key enabler in progressing the development of a critical care wing for the Rotunda Hospital on its Parnell Square campus. A Critical Care Wing build will provide a new and expanded neonatal intensive care unit and special baby care unit, expanded Delivery suite & operating theatre capacity, increased single occupancy Post-natal beds and other clinical supports such as Central Services Supplies Department (Decontamination).
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD said: “I welcome the HSE’s purchase of the new Earl building to support the delivery of outpatient services for the Rotunda. Promoting Women’s Health is a priority within the Programme for Government and a top priority for me as Minister. The quality of care delivered at the Rotunda is of the highest standard and this new building, once commissioned in 2024, will enable that care to continue to be delivered in facilities more befitting of a 21st century health system.”
Professor Sean Daly, Master of the Rotunda Hospital said: “On behalf of the Board, management and staff at the Rotunda Hospital, I am delighted to welcome the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD to the site of the new outpatient services for the Rotunda Hospital in the Earl Building. I would like to thank colleagues within the HSE, Department of Health and RCSI Hospitals Group, as in parallel we continue to work collaboratively in progressing plans and designs to develop a critical care wing on the Rotunda campus. The Procurement of the Earl building will be a key enabler in any planned or future proposed development of the Rotunda Campus and will facilitate the decant of all OPD and other ambulatory services into a current and modern healthcare facility
The Rotunda are greatly enthused about this project and are hugely motivated with our colleagues in the HSE in progressing with the new site over the coming months to enhance the service offering for mothers and babies.”
The Rotunda Hospital is the oldest continuously operating maternity hospital in the world, founded in 1745 and has been operating out of its current buildings since 1757. Approximately one in six of all babies born in Ireland are born in the Rotunda Hospital.
The Rotunda Hospital has released the Maternity Activity Statement for the month of August 2023.
These summary statistics reflect the most recent monthly activity at The Rotunda Hospital Dublin. We hope that these data provide reassurance regarding the quality and safety of services at our hospital. These figures are not formatted in a way to support comparison with other hospitals or aggregation with other data. Given the complexity of care at our hospital, which is a national tertiary referral center, it is not appropriate to compare any of these statistics with other hospitals that have different patient numbers or types of clinical workload.
You can view the August statement here.
The Rotunda Hospital has released the Maternity Activity Statement for the month of July 2023.
These summary statistics reflect the most recent monthly activity at The Rotunda Hospital Dublin. We hope that these data provide reassurance regarding the quality and safety of services at our hospital. These figures are not formatted in a way to support comparison with other hospitals or aggregation with other data. Given the complexity of care at our hospital, which is a national tertiary referral center, it is not appropriate to compare any of these statistics with other hospitals that have different patient numbers or types of clinical workload.
You can view the July statement here.