The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has today announced that Angela Fitzgerald has been appointed as its new Chief Executive.

Angela has 27 years of wide-ranging experience in senior management in the health and social care sector, having previously served as Deputy National Director, Acute Operations in the Health Service Executive, Regional Director for Performance and Integration for Dublin North East, and Deputy Chief Executive of St James’ Hospital. She has extensive experience of driving change and quality improvements, as well as developing and implementing hospital policy and advising on strategy, policy and patient safety issues.

Angela has been appointed to the role by the Board of HIQA following an open competition.  

HIQA Chairperson, Professor Pat O’Mahony, said: “We welcome Angela to HIQA and the knowledge, experience and insight she brings to the role and to the organisation. The Board and management will fully support Angela in her new role and we look forward to working with her to ensure HIQA’s independent voice is maintained and has a substantial impact on delivering health and social care services in the public interest.”

HIQA Chief Executive, Angela Fitzgerald, said: “I am delighted to be appointed as HIQA CEO and look forward to building on the work of my predecessors in the role. In particular, I look forward to building on the excellent work currently underway within HIQA and developing new areas of work and responsibilities. I have a passion and a deep commitment to delivering high-quality safe care for patients and people using health and social care services and to continuously strive to listen, respond and drive improvement.

“I look forward to working with all HIQA’s stakeholders to improve health and social care services, and progress reform in these services, for the benefit of all.”

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For further information please contact:
Marty Whelan, Head of Communications & Stakeholder Engagement
01 814 7480/085 805 5202, mwhelan@hiqa.ie