Hospital patients to be surveyed on quality of health service

University Hospital Limerick currently has the highest number of people on trolleys.

The Government, the HSE and the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) are to gather information from thousands of patients on how the health service is running.

The National Inpatient Experience Survey will be asked of anyone aged over 16 who spends 24 hours or more in a public acute hospital in May.