The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is inviting people to inform its independent statutory review to inform the delivery of safe quality urgent and emergency care in the mid-west region of Ireland. 

Earlier this year, the Minister for Health requested that HIQA conducts a review of urgent and emergency care in Ireland’s mid-west region with the primary objective of ensuring safe quality acute care in the region. As part of this review, HIQA was requested to consider the case for a second emergency department within the region in the context of the population changes in recent years and ongoing pressures at the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick. 

To inform the review, HIQA is now seeking the views of patients, family members, members of the public, healthcare professionals, representative groups and interested parties in the mid-west region. 

Visit our consultation page to complete the submission form. Submissions are open until 15 January 2025. 

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Further information:

Marty Whelan 
Head of Communications and Stakeholder Engagement 
085 805 5202 
mwhelan@hiqa.ie

Notes to Editor: 

• The Minister for Health requested HIQA to undertake an independent statutory review under section 8(1)(e) of the Health Act 2007. HIQA developed and published terms of reference for the review, which are available on our website
• Following completion of the review, a report of the findings and recommendations will be provided to the Minister for Health and published on our website. A stakeholder engagement report will also be published on HIQA’s website once the review has been concluded and will include a summary of themes from the responses received.