Day Care at HMC THE DAY CARE UNIT AT HMC OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE ENDOSCOPY, DAY CASE AND MINOR SURGERY PROCEDURES.
PICTURED: PJ Briscoe, CNM 2, Caroline Shaw, Maria Waters and Hannah Rooney
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ne of the busiest departments in the Clinic, HMC’s extensive Day Care Unit offers a combined service for day care patients, including endoscopy, minor operatives, an infusion service and a dressing and plaster clinic. The CNM II in charge of the unit, Patricia Jane Briscoe is proud of the Clinic’s offering to its patients.
ENDOSCOPY SERVICES Ms. Briscoe says: "HMC offers the most efficient method for a patient to undergo an Endoscopy procedure through a process of direct referral from GPs. Adding: “A GP can refer a patient for Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy or Sigmoidoscopy directly to us, which makes a procedure much quicker and more cost effective for the patient.” This Direct Access Referral Service is accessible through most of our consultants such as Dr. Barbara Ryan, Prof. Susan Mc Kiernan, Dr. John Hollingsworth, Mr. Eadhbhard Mulligan, Dr. Richard Farrell, Mr. Eoin Mooney, Prof. Thomas Walsh and Prof. Paul Neary. Each direct referral is assessed by each consultant prior to scheduling of a procedure as not all patients are suitable for direct access”.
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Ms. Briscoe adds: “We provide a diagnostic and therapeutic Endoscopy service, with specialities including gastroenterology, respiratory, urology and ENT.” Some of the therapeutic services in Endoscopy available at HMC, include haemorrhoidal injections or banding, dilatation of strictures, variceal banding, peg insertion and haemostasis of GI bleeds. The Endoscopy unit was one of the first units to be established in HMC and over the years has seen unprecedented growth. Ms. Briscoe says: “HMC’s Endoscopy service also offers a full and comprehensive followon treatment to patients, with direct access to specific expertise in the fields of surgery and radiology, including CT Colonography” The Endoscopy Unit offers a service from 7 am to 8pm Monday – Friday, with a Saturday service facilitated twice monthly at present.
The Infusion Nurse Role is provided by Ms. Caroline Shaw RGN. Ms. Briscoe adds: “Consequential to the substantial demand for and the rapid growth of this service, we now have an efficient nurse led infusion service well established”.
CONTINUED GROWTH The current facilities offer the most modern equipment available located in one Endoscopy room, one minor-op room, a dressing clinic and 20 theatre beds which deal with both adult and paediatric cases. In addition to our regular services, in our Day Theatre we are providing an efficient Laser Varicose Veins Service for our Vascular Patients and some Ophthalmic Services, for example Lucentis Injections. HMC has plans to bring further expansion to the clinic by providing an additional Endoscopy Procedure Room and a Minor Operative Procedure Room.
INFUSION SERVICES Ms. Briscoe says: We are currently facilitating an Infusion Service to a range of specialities including Neurology (Dr. Ronan Walsh, Dr. Martin Ruttledge, Dr. Brian Murray), Rheumatology (Dr. Trevor Duffy and Dr. Donough Howard) and Gastroenterology (Dr. Susan McKiernan, Dr. Barbara Ryan, Dr. John Hollingsworth and Dr. Richard Farrell).
Ms. Briscoe adds: "Patient safety and an efficient, quality care is paramount in our Day Care Unit. We aim as a multidisciplinary team to provide our clients with a high standard, professional, innovative service. The Daycare Team members are all very excited and looking forward to being a part of our future development plans."
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