TD Peadar TóibÃn highlights a significant issue in healthcare: the mortality rates potentially tied to prolonged wait times in emergency departments. Recent figures reveal that patients are waiting over seven hours for care, an hour longer than a decade ago, according to HSE data. This statistic raises urgent questions about how these delays impact patient outcomes. The Health Service Executive (HSE) employs the patient experience time (PET) metric to measure the total duration from registration to discharge or patient admission, indicating the pressing need for systemic improvements in emergency healthcare.
TD Peadar TóibÃn emphasizes the urgent need to address patient mortality linked to prolonged wait times, questioning how many have died due to these delays.
Recent data indicates that patients now face an average wait of over seven hours in emergency departments, marking a significant increase from the previous decade.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) tracks a metric called patient experience time (PET), which reflects the entire duration of a patient's visit to the emergency department.
As emergency room wait times continue to rise, the implications for patient health and safety have come under increased scrutiny, raising serious concerns among healthcare advocates.
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