State did not hold hospital to account

Patients languished on trolleys in the corridors of one of the country’s busiest hospitals with nobody responsible for their care, the State’s health safety watchdog has found.

The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) found that the State failed to hold Tallaght Hospital to account for the quality and safety of services it provided.

The investigation reveals a history of longstanding “challenges” in leadership, governance, performance and management at board and executive level of the hospital which received €180m in funding from the State last year.