‘CUH must be linked to audit’

AN audit of Mallow General Hospital must inquire into some aspects of Cork University (CUH), from where it has taken some of the workload, according to the Labour Party as they seek a meeting with the health watchdog, HIQA, to discuss the issue.

Local Labour TD Sean Sherlock said he will be asking the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) to extend the remit of an investigation into the standards of care at Mallow announced earlier this week because it has “taken a lot of slack” from the bigger hospital in Cork city.

HIQA says it will undertake an investigation into the quality and safety of services at Mallow focusing on critical care, anaesthetic services, surgery, emergency services and acute medicine.