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UNIVERSITY Hospital Kerry (UHK) has launched a programme of work, ‘G.R.O. UHK’, which stands for Growing, Rejuvenating & Optimising UHK.
The programme is aimed at implementing a range of projects and initiatives in response to findings and recommendations of both the recently published HIQA report and the HSE review visit to UHK in 2022.
UHK’s Executive Management Board (EMB) have consolidated the recommendations from both reports into one overarching plan with over 200 actions.
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These actions grouped into key themes, comprise in excess of 50 projects, which UHK aim to deliver through the programme GRO UHK.
Mary Fitzgerald, General Manager of University Hospital Kerry, expressed her enthusiasm for the programme, saying; “We are both excited and eager in equal measure to launch this ambitious and progressive programme of work. GRO UHK will enable us to grow and develop, rejuvenate and optimise our hospital, which will ultimately improve the care we provide to our patients.”
Examples of some of the projects included in the GRO UHK programme range from:
• The delivery of New Single Room Ward Block Development at UHK comprising 128 beds [88 replacement + 40 additional bed stock]
• Deliver Multiple Capital Estates projects including provision of off-site administration accommodation
• Provision of a sixth Operating Theatre
• Deliver interim and additionally a permanent new Oncology build
• The completion of the Laboratory build
• Establishment of Clinical Leadership Governance Model for UHK
• Appointment of new and priority posts across the hospital
It is intended that these projects will address the recommendations from the HIQA report and the HSE review visit to UHK, enhancing the overall quality of care for patients.
To ensure the successful implementation of the programme, a model of governance is in place with a HSE Oversight Team at National level. The EMB at UHK meet with this team on a regular basis to provide updates. UHK has also established an Implementation Team at hospital level with multidisciplinary representation – Working through the guidance of the Implemenation Team will be several project groups, each with a project sponsor at Implementation Team level. HSE specialist support and external support is also encompassed.
Over the coming months, UHK will provide further updates on the progress of the GRO UHK programme on their website at www.uhk.ie.
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