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23/03/2009
Mayo General Is Ireland's Worst Hospital
Mayo General Hospital has emerged as the worst hospital in Ireland, according to a new league table published today.
The news comes after the Health Service Executive for the first time published detailed performance figures of 29 of its acute public hospitals around the country on Monday.
Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, is the poorest performing hospital, ranked against 22 standards, including waiting times for operations, routine diagnostic tests and accident and emergency services.
The HealthStat performance figures will be published monthly and are designed to encourage improvements and allow for greater openness and transparency in relation to health services, say the HSE.
Speaking at the launch of the new Healthstat tables, HSE Chief Executive, Prof. Brendan Drumm said: “Our role is to deliver a health service that provides consistent standards of high performing service delivery and value for money no matter what part of the country a patient is in."
Each hospital is given a traffic light representation of their success and failure over three major areas, access, integration, and resources.
Red means unsatisfactory, green means very good performance, while amber means average.
Mayo Hospital had the worst overall scores, with three red ratings for each category.
Of the 29 hospitals, only nine received green ratings for integration or access. No hospitals had green ratings in the resources category, with almost half given had red ratings.
Midland Regional Hospital, St Vincent's University Hospital and Mallow General Hospital received the highest ratings, but all three still only scored one green and two orange.
Jan O'Sullivan, Labours spokesperson on Health, said: "There is something seriously amiss here and I can only conclude that the entire system is dysfunctional.
"There is a huge amount of talent at the disposal of the HSE in our hospitals, and it is simply unthinkable that we are failing to tap into those skills and experience to such an extent that we don't have even one 'good' hospital."
(DW/BMcC)
The news comes after the Health Service Executive for the first time published detailed performance figures of 29 of its acute public hospitals around the country on Monday.
Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, is the poorest performing hospital, ranked against 22 standards, including waiting times for operations, routine diagnostic tests and accident and emergency services.
The HealthStat performance figures will be published monthly and are designed to encourage improvements and allow for greater openness and transparency in relation to health services, say the HSE.
Speaking at the launch of the new Healthstat tables, HSE Chief Executive, Prof. Brendan Drumm said: “Our role is to deliver a health service that provides consistent standards of high performing service delivery and value for money no matter what part of the country a patient is in."
Each hospital is given a traffic light representation of their success and failure over three major areas, access, integration, and resources.
Red means unsatisfactory, green means very good performance, while amber means average.
Mayo Hospital had the worst overall scores, with three red ratings for each category.
Of the 29 hospitals, only nine received green ratings for integration or access. No hospitals had green ratings in the resources category, with almost half given had red ratings.
Midland Regional Hospital, St Vincent's University Hospital and Mallow General Hospital received the highest ratings, but all three still only scored one green and two orange.
Jan O'Sullivan, Labours spokesperson on Health, said: "There is something seriously amiss here and I can only conclude that the entire system is dysfunctional.
"There is a huge amount of talent at the disposal of the HSE in our hospitals, and it is simply unthinkable that we are failing to tap into those skills and experience to such an extent that we don't have even one 'good' hospital."
(DW/BMcC)
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