Issue 26

Photocall — HRB-CICER at Rapid Response Conference

Pictured left to right are Dr Miriam Bell, Co-Chair, National Early Warning Score (NEWS) Guideline Development Group (GDG); Dr Sinéad O’Neill of our HRB-CICER team and Ms Siobhán Connors, Critical Care Outreach at Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, and member of the NEWS GDG. They are pictured at the Rapid Response Conference in Manchester, in July, with their poster presentation on educational interventions for early warning scores.

Message from our CEO, Phelim Quinn

Welcome to the latest issue of HIQA News. In this issue, we report on a number of important developments in the fields of health technology assessment, regulation, standards development and the views and experiences of patients.

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Public consultation on HTA of HPV vaccination of boys

Dr Máirín Ryan, HIQA’s Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Health Technology Assessment

We have begun a public and targeted consultation on our draft health technology assessment (HTA) on extending the current Human Papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation programme to include HPV vaccination of boys.

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2018 National Patient Experience Survey Programme

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2018 National Patient Experience Survey, and those who encouraged and helped patients to take part. Over 27,500 people were invited to tell us about their hospital experience in this year’s survey.

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News from our Disability Team

Our Disability Team is liaising closely with the providers of 45 residential centres for people with disabilities in order to progress a registration decision by HIQA about these centres.

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Children’s Team news update

Our Children’s Team continues to monitor children’s residential centres, and is completing the follow-up foster care inspection programme in each of the four Child and Family Agency (Tusla) regional areas: West, South, Dublin North East, and Dublin Mid-Leinster.

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