Looking towards building a sustainable, modern healing environment
Built in 1998 Tallaght University Hospital opened serving a community of approx. 62,121 people. The Hospital now services a population of over 640,000 people and is consistently operating with a deficit of beds. With census forecasting this demand will continue to increase with the number of people aged 75 or over in Tallaght increase by 322% over the next 20 years. To put this in perspective the number of people aged 75 or over in South Dublin will increase by 170% in the same time period.
The Hospital has a series of planned capital developments to enhance the infrastructure and environment for patients, their families, the public and staff.听
This presentation outlines the Hospitals plans.
Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) is a model 4, voluntary, academic teaching hospital partnered with Trinity College and situated in south west Dublin. With a staff of over 4,000 people from 63 different nationalities, it provides both acute and tertiary care to an increasing population of circa 800,000 people and is part of the newly established HSE Dublin & Midlands Region. The Hospital operates under the governance of an independent Board of Directors who give their time on a voluntary basis. TUH is also supported by the Adelaide Health Foundation, the Meath Foundation and Tallaght University Hospital Foundation.
The Hospital provides access for patients听to over 20 medical and surgical specialties, with听comprehensive on-site Laboratory and Radiology听support services. It is also a national urology centre, the second largest provider of dialysis services in the country and a regional orthopaedic trauma centre.
Tallaght University Hospital is one of two main teaching hospitals of Trinity College Dublin - specialising in the training and professional development of staff in areas such as nursing, health and social care professionals, emergency medicine and surgery, amongst many others.
Tallaght University Hospital is听a Voluntary Hospital听underpinned by the legal status of a Chartered听Corporation established under Statutory Instrument, providing adult services and serves approximately 200 General Practitioners.听Mental Health services operate on-site under听HSE governance structures, with close听operational alignment to the adult services听provided by Tallaght Hospital.
The Trinity Health Ireland (THI) collaborative听agreement underpins Tallaght University Hospital鈥檚 valued听relationships with Trinity College Dublin (TCD), St.听James's Hospital, and the Coombe Women and听Infants University Hospital. Uniquely, Tallaght University Hospital听operates within two Hospital Group Structures 鈥斕齮he Dublin Midlands Hospital Group (DMHG) and听the Children鈥檚 Hospital Group (CHG) 鈥� and within听Dublin South Central Primary Care Community Health听Organisation (CHO) Area Seven. Tallaght University Hospital has听long-standing strategic and operational alliances with听Naas General Hospital and Peamount Healthcare,
among other healthcare providers within the region.
The Tallaght University Hospital Campus is 31 acres in size, with significant future听development capacity, annual gross听expenditure is in excess of 鈧�0.25bn.
The Hospital opened on June 21st 1998听through the听amalgamation of three independent voluntary听hospitals: the Adelaide, the Meath and the National听Children鈥檚 Hospital (NCH). Founded in 1839, the听Adelaide Hospital was famous for its nursing school;听the Meath Hospital, the oldest voluntary hospital听and the oldest university teaching hospital in the听country, was founded in 1753; and the NCH, the first听dedicated children鈥檚 hospital in Ireland and Britain,听was founded in 1821. The Adelaide, the Meath and听the NCH have a long and proud history of providing听specialist services to patients in Dublin. Many of听the Hospital鈥檚 core strengths today originated听from national and regional specialist services听developed in these base hospitals, including;听Urology, Orthopaedics, Nephrology and General听Paediatric services.
