The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has today published its Corporate Plan for 2016­­–2018. The plan outlines the direction and focus of the organization for the next three years.

Chairperson of the HIQA Board, Brian McEnery said: “People have a right to expect safe, effective, high-quality care when receiving health and social care services. Our new Corporate Plan enables HIQA to continue to be an independent central driving force in improving the health and social care system in Ireland.

“Between 2013 and 2015, HIQA’s Corporate Plan enabled HIQA to deliver on its commitment of ensuring that Irish health and social care services improved in terms of safety and quality. During this time HIQA expanded to meet the new functions and the new powers of regulation which were extended to us. We have committed to remaining responsive to the changing policy and service environment with the development of our new three-year Corporate Plan.”

A six-week public consultation was carried out on the draft Corporate Plan 2016–2018, following which the Board of HIQA approved and submitted the Corporate Plan to the Minister for Health.

Chairperson of the HIQA Board, Brian McEnery continued: “Our Corporate Plan was developed following extensive consultation and engagement with our stakeholders. It identifies HIQA’s priorities for the next three years, and describes what we intend to achieve and how we intend to achieve it. It also outlines how we will meet our core legal responsibilities, and how we will plan and prepare for the future.”

Chief Executive of HIQA, Phelim Quinn added: “During the lifetime of this plan, HIQA will implement strategic initiatives that focus on improving safety, quality and protection of children and adults’ rights and their experience of care through the development of standards, our independent monitoring and regulation programmes, and reporting on our findings. We are committed to further advancing health information and eHealth as well as continuing to build capacity to conduct and use health technology assessments across the health system. We plan on leading a partnership in developing the first National Patient Experience Survey in Ireland over the next three years to further improve the quality of care received in our services.

“Throughout all our work, we will ensure that we actively engage with the public and our stakeholders to communicate the work of HIQA in a clear and accessible way.”

The full Corporate Plan 2016–2018 can be found here.                                   

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Further Information:

Marty Whelan, Head of Communications and Stakeholder Engagement, HIQA
01 814 7480 / 086 2447 623 mwhelan@hiqa.ie