The results of a new opinion poll published today show that over 95% of people want clear information about their healthcare around treatment options, costs and care planning.

THREE years after breast cancer patients were traumatised by a series of diagnoses errors, an independent watchdog has found our hospitals now meet the fundamental requirements for safe, quality care.

PUBLIC hospitals and other healthcare centres have one year to comply with new mandatory hygiene standards.

New hygiene standards have been introduced to curb the spread of infection in the country's public hospitals.

An investigation into the misdiagnosis of a woman with breast cancer at University Hospital Galway has found that the mistakes may not have happened if a multi-disciplinary review system was in place.

HOSPITALS that fail to comply with new infection control standards will be named and shamed by the state’s health services watchdog.

Healthcare professionals should monitor and record the rates of infections, according to a new report from the Health Information and Quality Authority.

ALMOST one in five of the State’s public hospitals pose a serious risk to patients, a new national survey has found.