This document has been developed to provide further information in relation to HIQA’s process for undertaking this investigation into The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children’s Hospital (AMNCH) for patients who require acute admission.
The Authority’s inquiry involved ongoing liaison with the McGivern family and the main service providers and agencies responsible for the transportation of patients requiring transplant surgery outside of Ireland. It details the chronology of events, improvements, new process, conclusions and recommendations.
Draft National Quality Assurance Criteria for Clinical Guidelines support the development of high quality clinical guidelines in Ireland. We held a public consultation on this. The closing date for feedback was 25 August 2011.
This report presents the findings from the Health Information and Quality Authority (the Authority) investigation into the quality and safety of services and supporting arrangements provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE) at Mallow General Hospital (MGH), Cork. MGH is a site of the Cork University Hospital Group (CUH Group).
The purpose of this report by the Health Information and Quality Authority (the Authority) is to advise and make recommendations to the Minister for Health and Children, and the Health Service Executive (HSE), under section 8(1)j of the Health Act 2007, on the introduction of key performance indicators for national pre-hospital
emergency care response times. The current absence of such indicators has been identified by the Authority as a gap in the information available in respect of the safety and quality of services.
This consultation document presents for public consultation proposed new national standards for the quality and safety of healthcare services in Ireland. These national standards have been designed to describe the principles of how healthcare should be provided in any care setting.
This report presents the findings from the National Quality Review of Symptomatic Breast Disease Services that has been undertaken by the Health Information and Quality Authority (the Authority). This Review was undertaken in order to monitor progress with the implementation of the National Quality Assurance Standards (the Standards) for symptomatic breast disease (SBD) services in Ireland(1). All designated centres were expected to be fully established as specialist centres and meeting the Standards by the end of 2009.
In order to drive continuous improvements in hygiene services, and help reduce the occurrence of healthcare associated infections, the Health Information and Quality Authority has conducted a second national review into the quality of hygiene services. This second National Hygiene Services Quality Review monitors the compliance of all the Health Service Executive and Voluntary acute care hospitals in Ireland against the National Hygiene Services Quality Review 2008: Standards and Criteria. It also compares the hospitals’ aggregate and individual scores with last year’s performance.
