Cork University Hospital

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Cork University Hospital (CUH) is the largest university teaching hospital in Ireland and is the only Level 1 Trauma centre in the country due to the presence of over 40 different medical and surgical specialties on the campus.

CUH is the tertiary referral centre for the HSE Southern area, and the supra regional area of Limerick, Clare, Tipperary, Waterford and Kilkenny. CUH therefore acts as a regional centre for secondary and tertiary care for the catchment population of 550,000 served by the HSE Southern area and a supra-regional centre for a total a population of 1.1 million.

In 2015 CUH had 66,000 ED presentations, 208,000 out-patient attendances, 46,000 inpatient discharges and 88,000 day cases. The maternity services had 8,000 births and 89,000 outpatient attendances.

CUH has 800 beds and this will increase further to 1,000 beds on completion of the transfer of additional services to the CUH campus. CUH currently employs 3,269 (WTE) staff of multiple professions and is the primary teaching hospital for the Faculty of Health and Science in University College Cork.

Address: Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland

Tel No: +353 (0)21 4922000