New team to tackle hospital’s problems

A COMPLETE overhaul in the management of the worst performing hospital in the country is to take place.

This follows a meeting between the Minister for Health James Reilly and the Regional Director of Operations for the HSE West area, John Hennessy, where the continuing poor performance of University College Hospital Galway (UCHG) was discussed.

UCHG continues to feature bottom of the list in the HSE’s Healthstat survey in the 29 acute hospitals evaluated over the past three months.