Critically ill patients suffering organ failure as a result of not being admitted to ICU fast enough, report warns

It found patients in Ireland are sicker by the time they get to intensive care compared to the UK; the average illness severity score was 16 in Ireland versus 14.5 in the UK.

Nationally, 9pc of patients admitted from a ward developed multi-organ failure within 24 hours of intensive care admission, higher than the 6pc in the UK.

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