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IPATS Repatriation Team
Every year, hundreds of children are transferred from their local paediatric hospital to CHI in Dublin for specialist or advanced care. This is part of the model of care for sick children in Ireland which aims to ensure that children get the right care in the right place at the right time. Some children will need to stay in Dublin for their whole hospital stay but many children will receive the specialist input they need and improve to a point where they can be transferred back to the hospital closest to home. The IPATS repatriation team has been established to transfer children and their families in the most comfortable and safest way possible and has a specially trained team available Monday to Friday to do so.
This award winning team is led by a specialist paediatric nurse with years of experience caring for sick children. They are supported by ambulance technicians from the National Ambulance Service and always have access to a paediatric consultant who specialises in transport medicine who is available to provide support by phone whenever needed. The decision to transfer a child back to their local hospital is made in partnership with families and the local paediatric team and will hopefully reduce the time spent in Dublin by hundreds of children each year.
Information for Parents/Guardians
Repatriation Team Parent and Guardian Feedback Survey
We know that the transfer of your child can be a stressful and difficult time and we very much appreciate you taking a few minutes to help us by completing this short survey. We would love to know your thoughts on how the transfer went and we are always looking to improve our service any way we can. You can access this survey by either clicking on the link below or by scanning the QR code with the camera of your phone. This survey is totally anonymous. Click the link below to start the survey IPATS Repatriation Team Parent/Guardian Feedback Survey.
IPATS Repatriation Team Parent/Guardian Feedback Survey