Lowry confirms one-year only lease of Nenagh Community Nursing Home
The new nursing home will be used as a step-down facility to ease congestion at UHL for one year
Deputy Michael Lowry says that during the course of this week, he has had discussions with Senior Executives in the HSE to establish the factual position regarding the new Nenagh Community Nursing Home.
He says: ‘It has been confirmed to me that Bartra Healthcare has been awarded the contract. This operator has experience in running several Nursing Units, including a similar facility, namely Beaumont House, in Dublin.
‘Beaumont Lodge is a 220-bed sub-acute Transitional Care Unit. All the main Hospitals in Dublin successfully use this Unit as a step-down progressive care facility.
‘The Nenagh Unit is contracted to Bartra Healthcare for one year only. A Consultant-led team of Doctors, Nurses, and Therapists will be on site.
‘The facility will be run as a Community Step-Down Rehab and will support the clinical needs of those transferred from UHL.
‘North Tipperary patients will benefit from this facility and will be prioritised for admission to the unit.
‘The commencement date for the transfer of the first patients is the middle of this month (August).
‘The Unit will then transfer back to its original purpose as a Community Nursing Home, with the transfer of patients from St. Conlon’s in September 2025.
‘This decision was understandably greeted with disappointment by the patients and staff at St.Conlons’ he says, adding, ‘The decision was taken at the most senior level of Management at the HSE, supported by the Minister for Health.
‘It was taken in the context of the appalling overcrowding and unacceptable conditions at University Hospital Limerick’