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Groundhog Day for A&E departments - Sunday Business Post

Morning Ireland had its usual debate in which the Health Service Executive (HSE) listed all the initiatives and systems changes that it Was trying to implement, and INO general Secretary Liam Doran said it wasn’t good enough.More hospital beds are needed, went the mantra.Groundhog Day is a movie about a man tired of life who lives the same day over and over again. And that’s what the A&E crisis Was like last week.Rewind the tape for the past few Januarys and you’ll find the same hospitals, the same figures, the same players, the same arguments and the same Irish winter illnesses.Each year, the A&E trolley crisis season begins around mid-October, peaks in January and fades from notice around March. This year, though, there are some differences.The INO are making the headlines and targeting the Tanaiste and Minister for Health Mary Harney.Their ‘‘Trolley Watch’’ campaign - a daily e-mail of trolley numbers - kept the issue prominent throughout the winter.Last week, they intensified their crusade with a postcard campaign, backed by patients’ groups, urging the public to send cards to Harney calling for More hospital beds.In the past, Harney’s predecessor, Micheal Martin, would have faced questions about why he had not - More available

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