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Local patients urged to take part in National Inpatient Experience Survey

Jul 18, 2022 15:30 By News Northern Sound
Local patients urged to take part in National Inpatient Experience Survey
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Tracy O'Carroll, Head of the National Care Experience Programme with HIQA, says past responses have resulted in real changes to hospital care locally.

Eligible patients from Cavan and Monaghan Hospital have been urged to take part in the fifth National Inpatient Experience Survey.

It offers patients the opportunity to share their experiences of healthcare and what improvements they believe are necessary.

601 local patients are eligible to participate in the survey and have received a questionnaire - it can be completed in paper form or online, and must be submitted by the 12th of August.

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There was a response rate of almost 40% in Cavan and Monaghan Hospital last year, and the response rate so far this year is 16%.

Tracy O'Carroll is the Head of the National Care Experience Programme with HIQA.

She says past responses have resulted in real changes to hospital care locally:

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