SIPTU seeks audit of services at CUH

TRADE union SIPTU has suggested that the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) carry out an audit of service provision in Cork University Hospital (CUH) due to overcrowding.

The union made the call as it warned that the audit carried out by HIQA at Mallow General Hospital must not lead to a reduction in services to the north Cork community.

Branch organiser Liam Allen said nursing and non-nursing staff represented by the union welcomed the fact that the HIQA investigation in Mallow was not triggered by a complaint by patients admitted to the hospital.