Is Hiqa's UHL review another overcrowding report to be left on a shelf until the next tragedy?

The long-awaited review of what needs to change for patients in Limerick was never going to please everyone, writes Niamh Griffin

Some of the patient overcrowding scenes at the Emergency Department and surrounding corridors at University Hospital Limerick on Monday. On Tuesday, 133 patients could not get a bed at UHL. Picture: David Raleigh

The Health Information and Quality Authority's (Hiqa) long-awaited review of what needs to change for patients in Limerick was never going to please everyone.

Given the headache that the overcrowding has caused, though, it has been greeted with relief by many who have been involved in the campaign to improve services. It could certainly cause a financial headache for the health minister.