HSE performance review fails to find one “good’ hospital

NOT one out of 29 major hospitals has turned in a good performance so far this year, according to a Health Service Executive efficiency rating programme.

The majority are graded “amber” or “average” with “room for improvement” under the Healthstat grading system.

In addition, two hospitals – Mayo General and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda – are branded “red” or “unsatisfactory, requiring urgent attention”. Both failed to improve on their January rating.