12% of patients wait a year to get a bed
Almost 20% of patients on hospital waiting lists had their admissions rescheduled at least once last year, according to the Irish Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare (ISQSH) survey. However, the survey also revealed a high level of satisfaction among patients once they got into hospital. More than nine out of 10 patients were satisfied with the overall quality of care and said they would go back to the same hospital again.
The survey examined key areas of in-patient care in 10 acute hospitals nationwide, but the ISQSH could not reveal the names of the hospitals because of a confidentiality clause they signed with them. The 10 hospitals partly financed the research that was carried out by the independent society.
