South/Southwest Hospital Group

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The '''South/Southwest Hospital Group''' () is one of the hospital groups established by the [[Health Service Executive]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].

==History==
The grouping of hospitals was announced by the Irish Minister for Health, [[James Reilly (Irish politician)|Dr. James Reilly TD]] in May 2013, as part of a restructure of Irish public hospitals and a goal of delivering better patient care.<ref name=health>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The Group was given responsibility for the following hospitals:<ref name=health/>

*[[Cork University Hospital]]
*[[University Hospital Waterford]]
*[[University Hospital Kerry]]
*[[Mercy University Hospital]]
*[[South Tipperary General Hospital]]
*[[South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital]]
*[[Bantry General Hospital]]
*[[Mallow General Hospital]]
*[[Kilcreene Orthopaedic Hospital]]

In September 2017 it was reported that the Health Service Executive was considering plans to move South Tipperary General Hospital to another hospital group.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

==Services==
The Group is headed by a Chief Executive, who is accountable to the National Director for Acute Services in the Health Service Executive,<ref name=madden></ref> and is responsibility for delivering inpatient care, emergency care, maternity services, outpatient care and diagnostic services at its designated hospitals.<ref name=madden/> The Group's academic partner is [[University College Cork]].<ref name=health/>

==References==


==External links==
*[http://bit.ly/2VYbpBC Official site]

[[Category:Hospital networks in Ireland]]
[[Category:Health Service Executive]]
[[Category:Medical and health organisations based in the Republic of Ireland]]

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