CUH has ‘lowest rate of day surgery’

Cork University Hospital (CUH) has the lowest rate of day surgery of all the major hospitals in the country even though day cases cost on average 60% less than inpatient cases and the hospital is over budget by almost €5m.

CUH’s poor performance vis-a-vis day surgery is outlined in a special report from the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) examining trends in day cases in public hospitals around the country.

The Managing Elective Day Surgery report, released yesterday, said while the eight teaching hospitals — of which CUH is one — carry out broadly the same set of procedures, poor performance in some areas drags down the overall rate.